The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 1, 2027
Waning Crescent
31.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:21 AM
12:45 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 31.1%
- Age
- 23.7 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1286
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 292.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.9° / 239.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 58m / -17.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.51° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -105.50° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.