The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1911
Waning Crescent
7.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
2:58 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.2%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -148
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 | 329.13° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.2° / 200.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 26m / -27.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.80° / -3.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.13° / 5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.80° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.