The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2070
Waning Gibbous
94.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
8:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.3%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 1819
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 | 207.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 27.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 314.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 5.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 156.63° / -3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.60° / 5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.78° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.