The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2024
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 PM
9:05 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1250
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.6° / 323.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 10m / 15.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 148.91° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.90° / -4.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -20.66° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.