The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, January 27, 1979
Waning Crescent
0.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 33°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:56 AM
5:25 PM
33°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.6%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 357,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 693
Events on this date
-
Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Jan 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 352.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.7° / 177.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 02m / -16.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 299.24° / 3.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.56° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -173.52° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.