The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1960
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:27 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 363,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 458
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 | 352.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.0° / 177.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -16.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.19° / 4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.60° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.71° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.