The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1968
Waning Crescent
5.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:32 AM
3:21 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.1%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 372,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 557
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 | 334.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.8° / 194.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 51m / -27.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.26° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.00° / 7.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.04° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.