The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:12 PM
5:06 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 14.0 days
- Distance
- 364,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 72
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 162.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.69% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.0° / 15.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 08m / 3.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.87° / -3.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.25° / 5.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 12.92° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 234.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.