The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1995
Waxing Crescent
16.0% 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
11:37 AM
9:47 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.0%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 901
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 46.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.1° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 21m / -18.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 260.75° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.30° / -4.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.51° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.