The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 29, 2196
Waning Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 AM
5:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3377
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 354.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.7° / 174.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 23m / -18.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.61° / 0.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -0.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.39° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.