The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2027
Waning Gibbous
67.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.8%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1287
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 | 249.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 69.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.7° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -10.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.78° / -4.39° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.64° / -0.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| 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.