The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1938
Waning Crescent
13.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:47 AM
2:30 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.2%
- Age
- 25.9 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 186
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,600 km.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.9° / 213.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 37m / -21.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.60° / 1.77° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.04° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.95° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.