The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1918
Waning Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:36 PM
7:47 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -61
Events on this date
-
Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -34.7° / 340.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 59m / 13.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.40° / -3.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.73° / 5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.60° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 139.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.