The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2023
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1238
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 | 78.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 85.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 9.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.32° / -1.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.28° / 2.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 108.77° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.