The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1945
Waxing Gibbous
99.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
8:24 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.6%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 273
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 | 172.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 7.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -26.7° / 340.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 11m / 21.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.24° / 1.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.52° / -0.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 11.70° / -0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.