The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
90.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:49 PM
3:46 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -64
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 144.97° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 35.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.1° / 40.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 47m / 4.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.68° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.43° / -5.78° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 35.31° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.