The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2044
Waning Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 AM
3:11 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 27.3 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1497
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.4° / 196.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 44m / -27.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 279.77° / -4.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.00° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.07° / -1.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.