The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Waxing Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
8:21 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1065
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 | 26.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 136.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 26m / -7.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.57° / 2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.18° / -2.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 147.99° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.