The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2039
Waxing Crescent
18.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:23 AM
10:16 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.8%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1436
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 | 51.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.9° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 07m / -4.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.69° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.41° / 7.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.87° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.