The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1951
Waning Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:47 PM
10:23 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 378,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 245.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.5° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 46m / -7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 193.49° / -2.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / 3.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -70.77° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.