The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1930
Waning Crescent
4.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 AM
3:37 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.0%
- Age
- 27.7 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 87
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 337.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 191.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -27.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.40° / -4.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.36° / 6.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -155.62° / -1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.