The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1998
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:01 AM
5:27 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 369,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 928
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.4° / 176.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 07m / -16.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 300.33° / 3.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -177.32° / 0.88° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.