The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1929
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:04 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 75
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 | 224.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 298.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 42m / 6.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.16° / 4.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.40° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.11° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.