The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1970
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:54 PM
10:03 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 19.8 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 582
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.1° / 284.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 11m / -3.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.70° / -1.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.63° / 3.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.41° / -0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.