The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1943
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 AM
12:37 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 22.1 days
- Distance
- 383,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 248
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 | 261.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.2° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 57m / -6.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.54° / 4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.87° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.89° / 0.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.