The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2051
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:53 PM
8:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 200.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 322.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 59m / 7.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 149.38° / -4.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.58° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.99° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.