The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1998
Waxing Crescent
42.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 PM
11:14 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.1%
- Age
- 7.3 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 938
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 80.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.8° / 105.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 45m / -18.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 294.82° / 2.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.54° / -3.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 91.89° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.3° |
| 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.