The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1947
Waxing Crescent
26.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:47 AM
11:12 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 298
Events on this date
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Venus at greatest elongation
47° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.7° / 102.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / -0.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 8.57° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.81° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.7° |
| 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.