The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2014
Waning Crescent
14.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:23 AM
2:29 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.9%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1126
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 | 314.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.6° / 217.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 29m / -19.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.56° / 3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -4.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.99° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.