The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2179
Waning Gibbous
64.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.9%
- Age
- 20.7 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3167
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 | 252.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 267.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 12m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 201.35° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.45° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -67.73° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.