The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
4:44 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 140.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.2° / 32.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 55m / 19.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.79° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.38° / 5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 36.98° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.