The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2008
Waning Gibbous
73.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
10:10 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.2%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1052
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 | 242.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.9° / 278.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 29m / -6.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 189.52° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.93° / 5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -57.83° / -0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.