The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1984
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
1:56 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 393,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 755
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 | 312.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.5° / 217.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 16m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.03° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.62° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.91° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.