The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2182
Last Quarter
50.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:39 AM
11:39 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.8%
- Age
- 22.7 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3204
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.9° / 256.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 21m / -12.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 217.16° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.02° / -0.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -96.62° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.