The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
66.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:50 PM
2:14 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.0%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 385,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 108.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.7° / 60.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 42m / 16.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 56.96° / -3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.03° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 77.99° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.