The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2040
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
7:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1448
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 354.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 19m / 23.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.49° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.45° / -4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 4.35° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 307.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.