The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2082
Waning Crescent
1.5% 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
7:15 AM
4:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.5%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1967
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 | 346.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.6° / 182.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 50m / -24.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.79° / -3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.79° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -161.70° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.