The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2149
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:44 PM
10:02 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 398,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2796
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 224.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 40m / 6.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.77° / 4.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / -4.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.52° / -0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.