The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2048
Waxing Gibbous
94.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:40 PM
6:02 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.7%
- Age
- 13.2 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1547
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.0° / 17.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 51m / 22.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 101.77° / -0.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.43° / 1.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 22.92° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.