The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 28, 2184
Waning Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:04 PM
8:08 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3229
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 | 192.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 333.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 30m / 12.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.72° / -2.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.16° / 3.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.13° / 0.91° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.