The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2083
Waxing Gibbous
67.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 PM
2:48 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.1%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1980
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.04° |
| Illuminated fraction | 67.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.8° / 55.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 37m / 24.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 57.84° / 5.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.99° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 68.48° / -0.32° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.