The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1916
Waning Crescent
42.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
11:34 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.5%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -86
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 | 278.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.4° / 244.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 49m / -21.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.26° / -5.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.05° / 7.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -104.22° / -0.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| 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.