The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2171
Last Quarter
51.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:30 AM
11:38 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.6%
- Age
- 22.3 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3068
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.64% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.2° / 257.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 20m / -12.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.85° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.29° / -1.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -86.36° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.