The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1940
Waning Gibbous
80.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 PM
9:50 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.9%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 364,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 211
Events on this date
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 231.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 289.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 55m / -1.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.57° / -2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.17° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -48.36° / 1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.