The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1955
Waxing Crescent
23.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:50 AM
11:08 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.4%
- Age
- 4.7 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 397
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.6° / 101.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 12m / 6.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 5.56° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.65° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.27° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.