The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Waxing Gibbous
90.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 PM
5:29 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.6%
- Age
- 12.4 days
- Distance
- 363,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1077
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 25.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 08m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 91.82° / 1.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.85° / -1.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 30.51° / 0.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.