The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2097
Full Moon
99.8% 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
5:37 PM
8:00 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.1 days
- Distance
- 366,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2153
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.9, as bright as it gets this time around.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 178.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.4° / 348.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 43m / 23.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 126.97° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.63° / -5.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.13° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 354.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.