The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2019
Waning Crescent
41.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:28 AM
12:27 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.5%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 386,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1188
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 | 280.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 248.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 10m / -12.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 228.49° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.41° / -0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.