The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1926
Waning Gibbous
57.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:05 PM
1:23 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.4%
- Age
- 20.8 days
- Distance
- 396,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 47
Events on this date
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Mercury and Saturn close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 261.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.4° / 287.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 50m / 22.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 115.16° / 1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.40° / -1.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -75.46° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.