The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2017
New Moon
0.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:18 AM
5:42 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.1%
- Age
- 29.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1163
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 356.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 175.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 172.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 25m / -16.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 304.45° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 178.87° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.