The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 28, 2169
Waxing Crescent
0.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
8:16 AM
6:17 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.3%
- Age
- 0.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 3044
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
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Mars, Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune 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 | 5.80° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 173.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 13m / -19.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.88° / -3.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.54° / 5.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 172.75° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.