The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1957
Waning Crescent
9.0% 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
5:18 AM
3:10 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.0%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 421
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 | 325.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.03% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.2° / 206.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 12m / -20.43° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.75° / 2.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.01° / -3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -140.76° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.