The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1923
Waxing Gibbous
73.8% 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
1:31 PM
3:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.8%
- Age
- 10.6 days
- Distance
- 393,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1
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 | 118.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 61.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 53.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 16m / 16.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.13° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.16° / 7.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.95° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 257.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.