The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2013
Waning Gibbous
97.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:40 PM
8:09 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.5%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 391,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 197.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 326.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 48m / 7.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.55° / -5.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.07° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -22.58° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 127.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.