The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2015
Waxing Gibbous
55.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
1:11 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.6%
- Age
- 7.2 days
- Distance
- 380,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1139
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 | 96.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.7° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 48m / 13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 43.75° / -2.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 4.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.14° / 1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.