The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 29, 1927
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:20 AM
2:06 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 381,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 50
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 29, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.2° / 218.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.91° / 1.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.24° / -1.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -138.85° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.