The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2173
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
7:53 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3093
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 176.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 351.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 36m / 23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 125.34° / 4.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.55° / -5.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.08° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 331.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.