The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:21 PM
3:49 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 11.9 days
- Distance
- 382,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 406
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 | 133.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -44.1° / 38.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 03m / -0.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.56° / 5.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.37° / -6.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.37° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.