The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1953
Waxing Gibbous
95.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:34 PM
6:23 AM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.2%
- Age
- 12.1 days
- Distance
- 398,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 372
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.4° / 14.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 54m / 25.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.27° / 2.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.94° / -2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.78° / -0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.