The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2056
Waxing Gibbous
84.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:20 PM
4:17 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.2%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 391,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1646
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 133.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.6° / 38.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 19.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.61° / -3.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.76° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.52° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.