The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, January 27, 1976
Waning Crescent
13.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:40 AM
2:35 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.3%
- Age
- 26.1 days
- Distance
- 381,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 656
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 | 317.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 214.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -20.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.24° / 2.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.43° / -3.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -132.39° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.