The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1929
Waning Crescent
24.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:23 AM
3:35 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.6%
- Age
- 24.8 days
- Distance
- 375,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 84
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.63% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 39.3° / 253.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 33m / 14.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 154.55° / 4.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.78° / -5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -116.54° / 0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.