The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 2028
Waning Crescent
21.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:59 AM
1:09 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.5%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1299
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 304.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.2° / 223.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 14m / -25.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.15° / -4.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.22° / 6.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.31° / -0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.