The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1940
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:25 PM
9:13 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.1 days
- Distance
- 361,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 211
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 | 218.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -29.6° / 303.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 59m / 3.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 164.83° / -3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.72° / 4.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.23° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 117.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.