The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1979
Waxing Crescent
40.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
1:52 PM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 40.4%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 376,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 703
Events on this date
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Mercury, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 7.6° of each other in the sky.
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 78.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 40.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.3° / 97.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -18.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 292.40° / 3.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.19° / -3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 96.20° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.0° |
| 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.