The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2006
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
4:36 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.6 days
- Distance
- 360,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1027
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 | 347.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.5° / 180.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 56m / -25.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.13° / -4.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.52° / 7.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.84° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 55.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.