The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
78.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
3:31 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.7%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -234
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 125.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 46m / 17.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 72.39° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.89° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.59° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.