The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1927
Waning Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:44 AM
5:13 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.33° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 48.7° / 201.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 38m / 1.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 188.20° / 4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.50° / -5.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.46° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 124.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.