The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 2135
Waxing Gibbous
94.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:12 PM
6:17 AM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.0%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2623
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
25° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 152.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.26° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 17.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 42m / 27.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.33° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.89° / -5.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 21.78° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.