The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2071
Waning Crescent
11.5% 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
4:49 AM
2:57 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 11.5%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1831
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 320.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 140.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 11.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 212.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -18.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.51° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.97° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.22° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.