The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 2008
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:39 AM
5:36 PM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 394,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1061
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 | 345.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.4° / 176.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 06m / -11.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 199.70° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.10° / 6.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -160.21° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.