The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2052
Waning Crescent
16.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:09 AM
2:18 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.8%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1596
Events on this date
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 311.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 220.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 15m / -18.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 259.30° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.13° / -5.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.40° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.