The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1930
Waning Crescent
1.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:28 AM
4:35 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.2%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 406,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 348.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 167.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 179.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 57m / -25.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.25° / -4.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.15° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.81° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.