The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 28, 2170
Waxing Gibbous
82.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:50 PM
4:11 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.0%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3056
Events on this date
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Venus and Saturn close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.9° / 40.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.45° / 0.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.79° / 0.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 43.01° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.