The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2013
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
7:37 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1114
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 | 185.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 340.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 11.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.86° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.53° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.44° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.