The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 1, 1927
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:34 AM
3:32 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.4 days
- Distance
- 382,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 49
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 332.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.1° / 201.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 48m / -20.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.20° / 2.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -1.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -158.44° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.