The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1904
Waxing Gibbous
69.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:08 PM
2:28 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.0%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 378,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -234
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 | 112.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.7° / 58.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 50m / 15.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 58.63° / -4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.47° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 59.73° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.