The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1922
Waxing Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
6:44 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 0.7 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -11
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 | 7.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.6° / 158.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 08m / -12.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 315.87° / 4.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -4.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.52° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 229.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.