The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1911
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:23 PM
9:07 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.5 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -138
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,000 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 61.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.7° / 124.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 23m / -28.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 275.13° / -4.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.03° / 6.85° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.37° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| 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.