The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2081
Waning Gibbous
90.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:09 PM
9:25 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.5%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1955
Events on this date
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Mercury and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.0° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 7.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.34° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -0.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.03° / -1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 112.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.