The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 2117
Waning Crescent
23.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 AM
1:00 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.5%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 386,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2400
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 | 302.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 225.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 30m / -25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 249.89° / -3.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.01° / -1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.