The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1900
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:33 AM
3:17 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 368,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -284
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.7° / 203.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 276.05° / 1.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.44° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.70° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.