The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2173
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
8:24 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.7 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3093
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 187.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 338.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 25m / 19.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.34° / 4.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.79° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.05° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 82.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.