The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2144
Waning Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 AM
12:29 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 2734
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.3° / 242.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 28m / -17.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.13° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / -0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.17° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.