The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2025
Waning Crescent
4.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
3:36 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.2%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 382,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1262
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 | 336.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 191.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 08m / -27.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 285.00° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.44° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.