The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1976
Waning Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
3:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 27.1 days
- Distance
- 385,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 656
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 329.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.6° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 32m / -19.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.49° / 3.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.56° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -144.57° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.