The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1973
Waxing Crescent
2.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:33 AM
7:17 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.5%
- Age
- 1.5 days
- Distance
- 396,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 629
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 17.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 161.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.5° / 144.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 14m / -21.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.81° / -3.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.71° / 4.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 166.26° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.