The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1981
Last Quarter
54.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:12 AM
11:47 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 54.6%
- Age
- 21.4 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 718
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
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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 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 264.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 84.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 54.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.5° / 262.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -7.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.57° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.56° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.81° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.