The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2122
Waning Gibbous
77.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:59 PM
9:47 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.6%
- Age
- 19.0 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2462
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 | 236.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.0° / 283.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -6.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.00° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.30° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.33° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.