The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1904
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:07 PM
9:45 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -225
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 | 217.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.7° / 316.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 42m / 17.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.37° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.03° / 7.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.86° / 1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.8° |
| 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.