The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1957
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:01 AM
4:05 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 421
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 336.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.9° / 195.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 02m / -18.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.75° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.90° / -4.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.94° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.