The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 28, 2200
Waxing Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
5:44 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 3427
Events on this date
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Mercury and Venus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.9° / 18.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 50m / 18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.00° / -4.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.00° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.