The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 7, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
85.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:45 PM
2:15 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.6%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 367,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 7, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 61.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 11m / -16.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 328.90° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.92° / 6.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 38.34° / 1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 243.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.