The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 29, 1928
First Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:48 AM
12:28 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 6.9 days
- Distance
- 370,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 63
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,300 km.
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.5° / 77.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 24m / 10.80° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.24° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.70° / 5.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.27° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.