The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2004
Waxing Crescent
35.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:04 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 395,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1003
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 72.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 35.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.8° / 91.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 17m / 5.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 19.94° / -2.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / 3.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.56° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.