The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1901
First Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
1:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -271
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 93.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 86.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 32m / 16.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.97° / 1.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.16° / -1.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 88.62° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.