The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1918
Waning Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:04 AM
1:57 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 394,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -52
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 281.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.2° / 267.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 12.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.78° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.49° / 6.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.09° / -1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.