The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1963
Waxing Crescent
5.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:18 AM
8:18 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.9%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 369,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 496
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 | 27.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.82° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.0° / 136.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 32m / -12.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.01° / -3.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.75° / 4.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.13° / -0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.