The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1958
Waxing Gibbous
56.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:00 PM
1:22 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 434
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.3° / 69.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 52m / 15.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 45.11° / -0.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.38° / 1.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.21° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.