The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 2166
Waning Crescent
19.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:44 AM
2:03 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.8%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 385,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3006
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 307.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.3° / 225.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.22° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.99° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.89° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.