The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1900
Waning Crescent
15.0% 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
4:38 AM
2:12 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.0%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 373,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -284
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 | 314.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 215.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -22.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 261.96° / 0.24° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.38° / 0.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.51° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.