The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1908
Waxing Crescent
6.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:12 AM
7:18 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.2%
- Age
- 2.4 days
- Distance
- 385,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -175
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 | 28.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.13° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.9° / 145.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 04m / -18.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 242.61° / 2.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -2.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 146.31° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.