The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 29, 2184
Waning Gibbous
95.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:03 PM
8:43 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.8%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3229
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 203.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 23.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.7° / 319.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.12° / -0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.26° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.26° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.