The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2031
Waxing Crescent
34.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.3%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 389,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1337
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.9° / 89.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 09m / 11.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 20.12° / 3.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 115.24° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.