The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 21, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 PM
7:16 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.9 days
- Distance
- 357,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1287
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 168.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.9° / 0.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 28m / 24.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 110.01° / 2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.04° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.16° / -0.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 287.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.