The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
34.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:05 PM
9:56 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.1%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 397,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 97
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 | 71.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.4° / 118.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -27.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.85° / -5.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.59° / 7.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 113.55° / -0.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 265.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.