The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2075
Waxing Gibbous
82.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
4:07 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.6%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1881
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,300 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 130.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -19.2° / 41.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 11m / 19.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.51° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 49.86° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.