The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2078
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:26 PM
8:29 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1918
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 | 187.65° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.9° / 338.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 23m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.82° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.42° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.20° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.