The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2118
Waxing Crescent
30.5% 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
10:32 AM
11:46 PM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 403,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2413
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.8° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 51m / 6.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 14.34° / 1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.53° / -0.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 114.10° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.