The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% 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
3:45 PM
3:41 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.3 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 171
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 | 143.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.8° / 41.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 45m / 3.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 358.04° / 5.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.39° / -5.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.50° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.