The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 1913
Waning Crescent
5.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 46°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:26 AM
4:25 PM
46°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.3%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -114
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 333.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 153.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.1° / 209.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 25m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.27° / -1.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.38° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -153.88° / -1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.3° |
| 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.