The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2001
Waxing Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:40 AM
8:46 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 403,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 966
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 | 34.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.6° / 129.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 01m / -11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.10° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.00° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.51° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.