The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1912
Waning Gibbous
97.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
6:20 PM
8:39 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 380,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -126
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 | 199.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 19.91° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.9° / 336.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 21m / 22.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.59° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.19° / -3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -24.28° / -0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.