The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1993
Waxing Crescent
28.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 AM
11:42 PM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.9%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 867
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 | 64.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 114.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.1° / 94.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 9.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.64° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.88° / -5.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 110.67° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.