The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 14, 2028
Waning Gibbous
90.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:56 PM
9:28 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.7%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 360,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 14, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 309.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.59° / -2.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -33.25° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.