The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1923
Waning Gibbous
92.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:45 PM
9:18 AM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 10
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 | 211.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.4° / 320.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 17m / 16.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 65.21° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.14° / 7.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.49° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.