The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 21, 1927
Waning Gibbous
86.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:20 PM
10:11 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.9%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 222.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.8° / 303.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 05m / 11.12° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 162.93° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -5.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.57° / -0.69° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.3° |
| 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.