The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 1989
Waning Gibbous
63.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:36 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 817
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 | 254.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 266.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 22m / -12.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.63° / -3.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.16° / 5.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.34° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.