The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1942
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:16 PM
11:00 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 245
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 | 219.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.0° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 51m / 17.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 73.54° / -4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.44° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -37.76° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.