The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1932
Waning Crescent
5.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 45°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:25 AM
4:20 PM
45°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.5%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 362,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 121
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 | 333.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 209.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 23m / -4.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.17° / -1.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.69° / 3.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -157.68° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.