The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1988
Waxing Gibbous
77.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
3:57 AM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.2%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 805
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 | 122.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.5° / 44.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 34m / 27.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 70.95° / 5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -5.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.18° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.