The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2063
Waning Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
3:56 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 28.0 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1732
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 188.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -26.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.21° / -4.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.34° / 6.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.89° / -0.94° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.3° |
| 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.