The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2120
Waning Crescent
4.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
3:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.7%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2437
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 194.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 59m / -26.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 283.25° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.10° / 5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.13° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.