The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2021
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:41 PM
7:56 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1213
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Jupiter behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.5° / 348.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 45m / 22.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 127.82° / 3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.15° / -4.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.01° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 355.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.