The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2141
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:35 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2697
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.7° / 263.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.82° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.13° / 7.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.29° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 113.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.