The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2043
Waning Gibbous
93.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:26 PM
9:19 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1485
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 | 209.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 314.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 39m / 11.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.01° / 2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.42° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.