The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2122
Waning Gibbous
69.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
10:11 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.3%
- Age
- 20.0 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2462
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 272.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -11.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 195.88° / -5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.62° / 7.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.48° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.