The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1934
Waxing Gibbous
92.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
5:57 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 137
Events on this date
-
Mars, Saturn, and Venus gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,100 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.0° / 21.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 21m / 27.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 94.73° / 3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.64° / -4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.56° / -0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.