The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 22, 1927
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 PM
10:37 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,200 km.
Exact values
For Jan 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.1° / 292.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 49m / 6.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 174.84° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.03° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.71° / -0.71° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.