The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1937
Waning Crescent
37.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:20 AM
2:04 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.7%
- Age
- 23.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 183
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 | 284.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.27° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.5° / 264.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 17m / 10.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.34° / -4.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.89° / -0.82° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.