The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 1919
Waxing Crescent
12.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:18 AM
8:08 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.8%
- Age
- 3.8 days
- Distance
- 405,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -39
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 | 41.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 138.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.4° / 135.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 56m / -20.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.95° / 1.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.60° / -1.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.03° / -0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.