The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2008
Waning Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:32 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 253.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.6° / 267.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 14m / -12.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.70° / -4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.89° / 6.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.98° / -0.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.