The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2036
Waning Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 AM
5:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1398
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 | 352.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 177.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 05m / -17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.53° / 2.37° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / -2.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.76° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.