The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1905
Waning Crescent
42.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:21 AM
12:24 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.4%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -222
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 | 278.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.7° / 249.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 04m / -12.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 227.06° / 4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.28° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.93° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.