The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1987
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:28 AM
3:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 359,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 792
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 | 333.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.86° / -5.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.59° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.85° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.