The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1959
Waning Crescent
22.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:56 AM
3:09 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 22.3%
- Age
- 25.2 days
- Distance
- 380,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 455
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 | 303.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 123.60° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 246.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 32m / 6.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 157.28° / -2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.21° / 3.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -130.61° / 0.78° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.