The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1948
Waning Gibbous
96.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:36 PM
9:06 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.8%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 310
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 200.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 20.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -25.5° / 325.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 03m / 17.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 146.87° / 4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.64° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.