The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:14 PM
4:19 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 570
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.3° / 40.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 54m / 27.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.37° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.06° / -5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 54.82° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.