The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1986
Waning Gibbous
96.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
9:05 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.7%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 383,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 780
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.1° / 324.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 07m / 16.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.87° / 4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.24° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.