The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2053
Waxing Gibbous
62.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:40 PM
1:52 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.8%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 369,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1609
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.3° / 64.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 31m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 54.01° / -4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.27° / 6.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.40° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.