The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 2107
Waxing Crescent
17.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:41 AM
10:19 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.8%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 398,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2277
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 | 49.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 130.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 110.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 1.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 357.80° / 2.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.44° / -3.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 124.38° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.