The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2176
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:44 PM
8:37 AM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 3130
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 199.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 324.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 57m / 11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 147.33° / -0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.18° / 1.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.59° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.