The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2079
Waning Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:36 AM
12:58 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1930
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 | 300.24° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.1° / 227.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 24m / -24.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 248.14° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.98° / 4.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -120.56° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.