The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 19, 2028
Waning Crescent
40.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
11:50 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 383,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 19, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 245.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 24m / -19.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.27° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.57° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -93.97° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| 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.