The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 1974
Waxing Crescent
23.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.8%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 632
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 58.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 91.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 7.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.54° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.26° / -5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.98° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.