The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1912
First Quarter
53.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:44 AM
1:06 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.8%
- Age
- 8.2 days
- Distance
- 378,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -135
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 94.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 71.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 31m / 16.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.64° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.81° / -0.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 78.35° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.