The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 2198
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
9:48 AM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 20.1 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 3402
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 | 236.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 10m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 184.90° / -4.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.97° / 7.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.40° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.