The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, January 27, 1975
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:16 PM
7:24 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 15.3 days
- Distance
- 358,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 644
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.5° / 346.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 38m / 13.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 128.23° / -4.38° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.78° / 6.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.87° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 182.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.