The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2073
Waning Gibbous
80.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
10:13 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.2%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 364,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1856
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 | 232.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.7° / 289.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 09m / 1.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.30° / 2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.78° / -2.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.62° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.