The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1962
Last Quarter
52.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:22 AM
11:51 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.9%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 260.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -8.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.17° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.18° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.