The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2065
Waning Gibbous
68.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:15 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.2%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 369,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1757
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 248.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.68° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 55m / -11.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 197.05° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.14° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.24° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.