The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 1, 1927
Waxing Crescent
27.4% 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
11:45 AM
9:29 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 27.4%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 1, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 63.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.85° |
| Illuminated fraction | 27.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.8° / 120.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -21.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 250.53° / 0.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.44° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.