The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1946
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 AM
1:48 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 401,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 307.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.2° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 00m / -21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 256.18° / 1.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.99° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.48° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.