The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1900
Waxing Crescent
15.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:42 AM
8:27 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.5%
- Age
- 4.1 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -274
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 131.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 18m / -21.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.14° / 1.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.37° / -1.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 127.64° / -0.79° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.