The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2051
Waning Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:47 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 397,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1584
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 | 189.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.4° / 336.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 12m / 11.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.09° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 7.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -5.86° / 1.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 138.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.