The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1905
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:14 AM
11:46 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 372,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -222
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -2.8° / 260.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 10m / -8.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 213.16° / 4.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.56° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.77° / 0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| 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.