The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, January 27, 1972
Waxing Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:51 PM
5:43 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 377,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 607
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 | 145.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.2° / 23.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 13m / 26.25° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.84° / 2.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.57° / -2.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.13° / 0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.