The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
81.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:47 PM
2:10 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.1%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 388,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -200
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 128.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.8° / 63.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 57m / -9.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 341.80° / -2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.41° / 4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 57.70° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 244.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.