The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 28, 1927
Waning Crescent
25.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:15 AM
1:23 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.1%
- Age
- 24.9 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
-
Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
-
Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.5° / 230.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 26m / -19.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 247.81° / 2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.18° / -2.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -126.67° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 8.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.