The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2042
Waxing Crescent
40.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.9%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1473
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 | 79.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 100.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.5° / 84.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 42m / 10.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.26° / -0.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.01° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.98° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.