The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2011
Waning Crescent
27.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:19 AM
12:49 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.3%
- Age
- 24.3 days
- Distance
- 382,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 297.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.8° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 13m / -23.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.59° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 3.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -111.06° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.