The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2047
Waxing Crescent
2.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 AM
7:41 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.8%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 394,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1535
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.5° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 52m / -9.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.81° / 2.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.99° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 164.75° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.