The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1953
Waning Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:02 PM
12:32 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 19.7 days
- Distance
- 384,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 381
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 | 248.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 297.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 24.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.50° / 1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.11° / -1.06° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.64° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.