The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1916
Last Quarter
53.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:31 AM
11:00 AM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.6%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 377,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -86
Events on this date
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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 | 265.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 256.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 53m / -17.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.43° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.73° / 7.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.06° / -0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.3° |
| 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.