The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1978
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:20 PM
9:50 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 389,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 229.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 291.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 53m / -0.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.33° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.45° / 1.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -55.96° / 1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.