The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1928
Waxing Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:19 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 370,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 63
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 | 75.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 89.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 32m / 5.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.10° / -4.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.43° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.