The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 28, 2027
Waning Gibbous
57.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:09 AM
10:47 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.7%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 388,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1287
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.4° / 259.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 44m / -16.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 209.81° / -4.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.80° / 7.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.79° / -0.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.