The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1902
Waning Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
10:03 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 393,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -259
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 238.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -5.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.33° / -2.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.15° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.