The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1902
Waning Gibbous
84.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:06 PM
9:32 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.3%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 388,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -259
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 | 226.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -27.2° / 293.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 31m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 173.62° / -3.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 5.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.76° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.