The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2014
Waning Crescent
7.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:23 AM
3:34 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.4%
- Age
- 27.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1126
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 328.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.0° / 203.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 31m / -18.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.44° / 4.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / -5.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -152.17° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.