The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2062
Waning Gibbous
83.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:08 PM
9:50 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.9%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 377,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1720
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 227.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.9° / 294.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 48m / 1.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.47° / 0.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.62° / 0.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.36° / -1.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.6° |
| 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.