The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
82.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
3:56 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.1%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 388,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.8° / 42.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 09m / 17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.84° / -5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 7.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.80° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.