The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1905
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 AM
5:38 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.8 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -213
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 351.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.62° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.4° / 183.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -5.82° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.27° / 4.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -4.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.55° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.