The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1924
Waning Gibbous
56.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.2%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 13
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 263.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 00m / -7.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.50° / 4.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.30° / -4.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.58° / 0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.