The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 23, 1927
Waning Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:15 PM
11:02 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 282.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 33m / 2.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 186.70° / 5.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.37° / -6.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -65.86° / -0.73° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 111.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.