The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1951
Waning Crescent
9.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:37 AM
3:59 PM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.8%
- Age
- 26.6 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 356
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 323.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 143.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.3° / 222.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 47m / -0.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 177.03° / -1.62° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.97° / 2.84° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.28° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.