The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1984
Waning Crescent
24.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:22 AM
1:16 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.8%
- Age
- 24.5 days
- Distance
- 389,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 755
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 229.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 23m / -20.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.38° / 0.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 0.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.73° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.