The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 1998
New Moon
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
6:35 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 929
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Uranus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 6.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.8° / 160.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 06m / -14.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.73° / 2.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.33° / -2.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 170.49° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.