The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2073
Waning Gibbous
70.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 PM
10:49 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.1%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 367,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 246.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 66.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 277.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -2.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.75° / 3.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.97° / -3.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.76° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.