The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2037
Waxing Gibbous
88.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 PM
4:49 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.5%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 1411
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 | 140.40° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 31.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 58m / 20.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 89.52° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 5.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.18° / 0.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.