The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2019
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 AM
11:55 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 381,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1188
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.0° / 259.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 19m / -8.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.32° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.00° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.25° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.