The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1912
Waxing Gibbous
64.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:16 PM
2:17 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.6%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 372,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -135
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 25m / 21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.34° / 2.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.20° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.