The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1938
Waxing Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:55 AM
8:51 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 400,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 196
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 | 50.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 127.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -20.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.15° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -3.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.22° / -0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.