The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1949
Waxing Crescent
39.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:31 PM
10:35 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.8%
- Age
- 5.8 days
- Distance
- 383,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 332
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.0° / 112.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 39m / -26.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.93° / -5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.53° / 7.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.75° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.