The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1970
Waning Gibbous
69.1% 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
11:58 PM
10:23 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 582
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 | 247.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 273.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -8.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.02° / -2.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.56° / 4.47° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.56° / -0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.