The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1909
Waxing Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 5.7 days
- Distance
- 372,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -172
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 | 78.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 5.3° / 87.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 40m / 5.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 25.33° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.13° / 6.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.24° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.