The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2016
Waning Gibbous
87.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 PM
9:35 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.3%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1151
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 300.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 19m / 4.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.01° / -0.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.23° / 1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.