The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2072
Waxing Crescent
42.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:30 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.7%
- Age
- 7.4 days
- Distance
- 391,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1844
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 | 81.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 98.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.9° / 84.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 53m / 8.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.02° / -3.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.17° / 5.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 90.90° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.