The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 16, 2028
Waning Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
10:23 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 242.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 280.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / -3.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.89° / -4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.67° / 6.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.52° / -0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.