The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1957
Waxing Crescent
23.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:26 AM
9:31 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.9%
- Age
- 4.5 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 431
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 | 58.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 121.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.8° / 121.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 10m / -19.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.35° / 4.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.45° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 128.41° / -0.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.