The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2182
Waning Crescent
40.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:43 AM
12:20 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.0%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 3204
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.9° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 15m / -15.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 230.63° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.78° / -2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -108.78° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.