The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1987
Waning Crescent
1.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:25 AM
4:36 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.3%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 792
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 347.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 180.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.03° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.56° / 7.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -167.04° / -1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 54.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.