The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2081
Waning Gibbous
82.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:24 PM
9:50 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.5%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 365,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1955
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 | 229.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 291.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 56m / 0.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 179.03° / -0.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.17° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.