The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1933
Waxing Crescent
9.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
9:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 383,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 125
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 | 34.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 127.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -6.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.09° / 0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.09° / 0.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.04° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.