The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1954
Waning Crescent
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:32 AM
11:29 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 384
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 | 276.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.4° / 247.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 37m / -20.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 223.42° / -4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -99.64° / 0.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.