The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1992
Waning Crescent
29.9% 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
3:05 AM
12:33 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.9%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 854
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 | 293.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.5° / 232.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 56m / -23.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.88° / -3.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.10° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -107.26° / 0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.