The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 10, 1927
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:22 PM
6:01 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 357,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 356,800 km.
Exact values
For Oct 10, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 177.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.79% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.0° / 353.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 58m / 1.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.85° / -4.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.92° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 1.86° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 185.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.