The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1956
Waning Crescent
39.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
2:58 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.7%
- Age
- 23.5 days
- Distance
- 370,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 418
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 370,100 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 282.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.89° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.70% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.3° / 255.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 09m / 11.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 136.30° / -5.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.26° / 7.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -101.19° / -0.64° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.7° |
| 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.