The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2026
Waxing Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:11 PM
2:41 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 368,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1275
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 | 109.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.0° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 36m / 24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.66° / 5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / -5.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 67.73° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.