The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2127
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 PM
7:34 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 377,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2524
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Moon and Uranus 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 | 184.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 342.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 55m / 13.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.52° / -4.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.56° / 6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.91° / 1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 154.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.