The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1950
Waxing Gibbous
64.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:08 PM
2:22 AM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 64.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 335
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 | 106.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 64.24% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -1.6° / 59.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.64° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / -3.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 70.75° / -1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.