The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2012
Waxing Crescent
27.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 AM
11:33 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.6%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 401,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1102
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 | 63.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.5° / 96.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 35m / 8.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 11.39° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.85° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.03° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.