The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2020
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
8:31 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1201
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 132.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 48m / -12.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 338.69° / -4.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.57° / 6.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.88° / -0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.