The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1984
Waxing Crescent
13.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:41 AM
8:57 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.5%
- Age
- 3.2 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 765
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 3.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 136.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.2° / 125.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 04m / -24.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 257.36° / -1.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.46° / 2.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 143.76° / 0.61° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.