The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2171
Waning Gibbous
62.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.9%
- Age
- 21.3 days
- Distance
- 369,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3068
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.5° / 269.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 28m / -6.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.72° / 2.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -2.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.21° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.