The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2011
Waning Crescent
37.4% 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
2:12 AM
12:02 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.4%
- Age
- 23.3 days
- Distance
- 378,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1089
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 | 284.81° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.36% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 0.2° / 240.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 16m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 232.21° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.39° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.89° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.