The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 1997
Waning Gibbous
78.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:43 PM
10:07 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.8%
- Age
- 19.5 days
- Distance
- 402,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 916
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.0° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 15m / -1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.80° / 0.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.24° / 0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.74° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 25.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.7° |
| 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.