The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2094
Waxing Gibbous
93.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 PM
5:43 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 403,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2116
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 21.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 38m / 22.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 98.81° / -0.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.90° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.94° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.