The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1971
Waxing Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:50 AM
8:10 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 360,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 24.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 139.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 17m / -9.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 332.47° / 0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.17° / -0.15° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 155.63° / -0.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.