The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2144
Last Quarter
47.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
11:46 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2734
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.6° / 252.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 32m / -14.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.38° / 0.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.62° / 0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.01° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.