The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2005
Waning Gibbous
90.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:02 PM
9:37 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1015
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 | 216.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 307.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 10m / 8.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.99° / 3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -3.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.15° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.