The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2046
Last Quarter
55.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
10:52 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.3%
- Age
- 21.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1522
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 56m / -17.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.02° / -5.21° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / 7.51° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -77.58° / -0.10° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.