The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 28, 2193
Waning Crescent
20.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:16 AM
1:07 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.9%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 392,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 3340
Events on this date
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Mars, Moon, and Saturn gathered
All within 6.8° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 221.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 53m / -27.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.12° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.95° / 7.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.22° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.