The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1966
Waxing Crescent
29.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 AM
11:33 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 29.8%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 533
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 | 65.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 113.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 29.78% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.6° / 98.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 55m / 1.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.27° / -3.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.41° / 5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.99° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.