The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2103
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:13 PM
9:30 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2227
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 | 227.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.9° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 34m / -2.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 175.05° / -4.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / 6.82° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.54° / 0.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 118.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.