The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1903
Waxing Crescent
44.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:58 PM
11:29 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.0%
- Age
- 7.1 days
- Distance
- 403,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -237
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 | 82.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 96.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 102.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 48m / -16.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.05° / 4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.45° / -5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 98.71° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 258.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.