The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1906
Waxing Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
10:01 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 4.0 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -209
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 115.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.83° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / 4.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.18° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.