The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, January 27, 1971
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:19 AM
6:51 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.8 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 595
Events on this date
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Jupiter, Mars, and Neptune gathered
All within 1.1° of each other in the sky.
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Mars and Neptune close together
They pass 1.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 10.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.5° / 155.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -16.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.54° / -0.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.66° / 1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 167.82° / -0.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.