The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1949
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:54 AM
5:16 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 29.3 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 322
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 355.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 172.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 30m / -24.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 303.90° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.70° / 7.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -171.62° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 24.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.