The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2052
Waning Crescent
10.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:00 AM
3:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.1%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1596
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 | 323.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.2° / 209.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 07m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.71° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.82° / -5.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -147.59° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.