The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2096
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
9:36 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.3 days
- Distance
- 370,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2141
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 | 42.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.0° / 120.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -7.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.56° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.13° / 7.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.66° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.