The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1931
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 PM
2:38 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 100
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.5° / 56.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 38m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.66° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.22° / -3.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.39° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.8° |
| 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.