The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2099
Waxing Crescent
32.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:37 AM
11:56 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.0%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2178
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 68.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 111.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 31.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.8° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 00m / 7.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.76° / 0.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / -0.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 105.73° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.