The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1985
Waxing Crescent
36.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:09 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.8%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 768
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.8° / 90.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 26m / 6.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.19° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.67° / 4.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.19° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.