The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1946
Waning Crescent
27.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:02 AM
1:12 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 285
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 | 297.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.8° / 233.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 11m / -18.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.23° / 2.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.77° / -2.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -118.30° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.