The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2002
Waxing Gibbous
97.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 PM
6:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 366,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 978
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.3° / 6.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 30m / 23.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.55° / 2.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -1.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.92° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.