The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 2161
Waxing Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:04 AM
7:21 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 1.3 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2945
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter 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 | 14.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.1° / 150.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 34m / -9.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.62° / 4.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.94° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.26° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 236.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.