The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 2188
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:24 AM
4:57 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 395,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3278
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 | 350.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.3° / 177.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 04m / -22.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 298.41° / -2.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.04° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.70° / -1.02° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.