The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1974
Waxing Crescent
15.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:26 AM
11:10 PM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.9%
- Age
- 4.2 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 632
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 | 46.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.7° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 30m / 2.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.01° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.16° / 0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.