The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2046
Waning Gibbous
66.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:22 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.2%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1522
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 | 251.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 71.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 269.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 03m / -11.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.05° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.43° / -0.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.