The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1946
Waxing Crescent
6.9% 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
9:24 AM
7:16 PM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.9%
- Age
- 2.7 days
- Distance
- 404,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 295
Events on this date
-
Mercury, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 145.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 08m / -20.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.94° / 0.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.77° / -0.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 150.90° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.