The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
66.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:25 PM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.9%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 91.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -23.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.05° / -3.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.15° / 4.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.68° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.