The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1915
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
6:11 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 13.1 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -98
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 | 150.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 18.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 37m / 27.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.24° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.84° / -4.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 25.21° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.