The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2178
Waxing Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:15 PM
3:52 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3155
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 123.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.9° / 44.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 47m / 24.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.56° / 2.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.23° / -2.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.47° / 0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.