The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2190
Last Quarter
54.2% 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
12:17 AM
11:27 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.2%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 374,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3303
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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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 | 265.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 259.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.30° / 1.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.46° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.16° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.