The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2080
Waxing Crescent
37.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:53 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.5%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1943
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 | 75.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 87.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 10.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 24.04° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.67° / -0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 97.37° / -1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.