The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2006
Waning Crescent
5.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:29 AM
3:18 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.4%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1027
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 195.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -28.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.22° / -5.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.40° / 7.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.65° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.