The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, January 27, 1991
Waxing Gibbous
90.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:49 PM
5:35 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.9%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 362,300 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 842
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 | 144.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.02° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 24.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 10m / 25.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 92.23° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.24° / -2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.31° / 0.25° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.