The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1965
Waning Crescent
13.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:51 AM
2:18 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.6%
- Age
- 25.8 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 520
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.8° / 213.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -23.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.42° / -0.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.05° / 1.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -134.28° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.