The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2099
Waxing Crescent
41.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 41.3%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2178
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 | 79.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 41.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.5° / 82.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 45m / 12.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 28.85° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.09° / -1.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 93.56° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.