The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1965
Waning Crescent
20.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:53 AM
1:38 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.7%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 520
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 | 306.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.9° / 224.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 49m / -21.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 253.62° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.43° / -0.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -122.10° / -1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.