The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1962
Waning Gibbous
62.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:21 AM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.5%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 400,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 483
Events on this date
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Venus behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 255.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.4° / 270.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.95° / 4.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.00° / -5.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.02° / 0.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.