The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1968
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
4:32 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 374,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 347.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.2° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 53m / -26.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 295.31° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.02° / 7.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -163.23° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.