The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2032
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
7:25 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1349
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.1° / 345.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 41m / 13.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.18° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.19° / 7.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.08° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 176.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.