The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1937
Waning Gibbous
95.3% 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
8:16 PM
8:29 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 16.0 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 174
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 | 204.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.0° / 317.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.01° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.53° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 122.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.