The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1995
Waning Crescent
13.9% 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
4:32 AM
2:34 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.9%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 891
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 316.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 215.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 33m / -19.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 263.68° / 3.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.36° / -3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.18° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.