The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2101
Waning Crescent
0.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 AM
4:53 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.9%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 370,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2202
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 349.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.0° / 179.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 03m / -23.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.04° / -2.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.83° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.51° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.