The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 29, 2188
Waxing Crescent
1.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:42 AM
6:58 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 401,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3279
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 13.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 165.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 151.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 47m / -17.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.02° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.47° / 6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.92° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.