The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 15, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
5:54 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 153.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.6° / 18.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 53m / 22.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.39° / -0.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.37° / 1.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.22° / -0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.