The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 30, 1927
Waxing Crescent
21.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 AM
8:55 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.8%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 396,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 60
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 30, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 55.58° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 124.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.83% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.8° / 126.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -24.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.86° / -1.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / 2.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 118.10° / 1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.