The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, January 27, 1978
Waning Gibbous
89.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:19 PM
9:18 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.3%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 392,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 681
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 | 218.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.6° / 303.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 04m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 165.65° / -1.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.85° / 3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -43.82° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.