The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 20, 2028
Waning Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 AM
12:27 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 293.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 234.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 18m / -23.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 233.36° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.55° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.14° / -0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.