The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1926
Full Moon
100.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:40 PM
7:40 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 100.0%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 38
Events on this date
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 2:28 PM, is deepest at 4:19 PM and ends at 6:11 PM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 2.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -30.0° / 349.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 34m / 19.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.98° / 0.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.86° / -0.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.84° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 289.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.