The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1907
Waxing Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:11 PM
6:20 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -197
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 159.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 11.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 08m / 21.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.92° / -1.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.63° / 2.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.74° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.