The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2003
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:24 AM
1:13 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 990
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.4° / 228.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.87° / -0.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.37° / 0.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -117.55° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.