The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1932
Waning Gibbous
79.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 PM
10:07 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.1%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 367,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 112
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 367,800 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 234.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 54.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.2° / 287.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 04m / -0.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.12° / -0.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.79° / 1.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.82° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.