The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1911
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 AM
3:54 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 397,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -148
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 | 340.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.06% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.1° / 188.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.06° / -4.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.95° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.99° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.