The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1939
Waxing Gibbous
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:22 PM
6:12 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 395,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 208
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 173.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.8° / 3.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 39m / 10.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.80° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.12° / 0.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.67° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.