The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
89.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:01 PM
4:51 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.2%
- Age
- 11.1 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 941
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 | 141.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.1° / 30.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 00m / 19.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.03° / -4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.04° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.78° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.