The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1969
Waxing Gibbous
71.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:35 PM
3:18 AM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.9%
- Age
- 9.5 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 570
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 | 115.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.5° / 50.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 02m / 25.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.52° / 4.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.40° / -5.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 66.96° / -1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.