The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1961
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:38 PM
4:25 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 10.8 days
- Distance
- 403,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 471
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 | 135.79° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 37.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 32m / 18.29° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.34° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.68° / 7.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.36° / 0.80° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.