The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1999
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
3:46 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 941
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 2.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.8° / 43.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 00m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.78° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 7.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.92° / 0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.