The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1910
Waning Crescent
25.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:35 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.3%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -151
Events on this date
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Saturn at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.2° / 255.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 28m / 15.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.24° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.66° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.73° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.