The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1940
Waning Crescent
14.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:52 AM
3:38 PM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.7%
- Age
- 26.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 220
Events on this date
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 2.8° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 2.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 315.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 134.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.0° / 233.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 17m / 2.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.15° / -1.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.21° / 3.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -139.01° / 0.63° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.