The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2057
Waning Crescent
43.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:13 AM
12:15 PM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.9%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1658
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 | 277.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 250.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 01m / -12.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.49° / 4.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.40° / -4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.04° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.