The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1982
Waxing Crescent
12.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:55 AM
9:25 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.5%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 385,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 731
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 | 41.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 29m / -8.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 349.55° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.49° / 6.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.13° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.