The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1966
Waxing Crescent
39.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 77.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.4° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 7.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.50° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.31° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 95.82° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.