The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 2003
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 AM
7:09 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 359,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1000
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 19.0° / 146.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 09m / -22.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 244.43° / -1.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.84° / 2.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.67° / 0.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.