The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2149
Waning Gibbous
78.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 PM
10:30 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.0%
- Age
- 18.8 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2796
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 | 235.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.7° / 287.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 26m / 2.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.93° / 4.70° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.80° / -5.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.66° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.