The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2041
Waning Crescent
17.5% 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
4:27 AM
1:42 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.5%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1460
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 | 310.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 218.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -25.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.91° / -2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / 3.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -137.31° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.9° |
| 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.