The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 20, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
95.0% 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
3:23 PM
6:21 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1287
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 15.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 22m / 27.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.81° / 3.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.93° / -3.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 23.28° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.