The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 1979
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:47 AM
6:38 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 0.4 days
- Distance
- 356,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 694
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,700 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 160.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 05m / -13.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.53° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.68° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 174.28° / 0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.