The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2103
Waning Gibbous
75.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
9:52 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 75.7%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 400,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2227
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 239.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 59.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 75.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.1° / 280.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 18m / -7.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.12° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.19° / 7.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.68° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.