The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1921
Waning Gibbous
81.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 49°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:34 PM
9:47 AM
49°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.0%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -24
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 | 231.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.7° / 289.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 52m / -2.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.97° / -2.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.79° / 4.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -44.55° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.