The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 1, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
64.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:16 PM
1:25 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 62
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 106.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.1° / 69.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 44m / 6.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.29° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.40° / 6.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 71.71° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.