The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2147
Waning Crescent
13.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:27 AM
2:42 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.7%
- Age
- 26.4 days
- Distance
- 364,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2771
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.7° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 3.7° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 216.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 40m / -18.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.23° / 5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.27° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.