The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1935
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:48 AM
11:06 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 390,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 149
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.40° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.6° / 253.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 05m / -18.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 215.39° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.91° / 7.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.84° / 0.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.