The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 2130
Waning Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
9:37 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2561
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,900 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 216.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.5° / 307.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 163.72° / 3.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.91° / -3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.74° / 0.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.