The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2109
Waning Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
3:48 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 381,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2301
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 331.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 28.5° / 200.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 43m / -18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.28° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.46° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.83° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.