The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1951
Waning Gibbous
80.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:38 PM
10:00 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 347
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 233.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.4° / 288.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 59m / -0.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 180.13° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -58.62° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.