The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2018
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:59 PM
3:36 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 365,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1176
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 | 126.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.6° / 45.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 53m / 17.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 74.04° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.91° / 6.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.11° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.