The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2063
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:32 AM
4:58 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1732
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 | 351.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 176.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 12m / -23.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.07° / -3.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 5.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.08° / -0.92° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 51.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.