The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2090
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
4:23 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2066
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 | 339.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.0° / 192.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 17m / -17.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.39° / 4.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.21° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.