The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2000
Waning Gibbous
56.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:43 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.3%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 953
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 | 262.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 264.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 59m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.99° / 5.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.85° / -6.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.46° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.