The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2132
Waxing Gibbous
81.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 PM
4:03 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2586
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.6° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.2° / 41.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 07m / 21.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 77.61° / -1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.81° / 2.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 50.62° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.