The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1936
Waxing Crescent
15.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:27 AM
10:09 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.7%
- Age
- 3.4 days
- Distance
- 364,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 162
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 | 46.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.66% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.3° / 113.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 26m / 1.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.93° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.99° / -5.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.28° / 0.62° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.9° |
| 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.