The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2013
Waning Crescent
43.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
2:43 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 43.7%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1123
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 | 277.46° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 97.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 43.67% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.6° / 260.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 12.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 131.87° / -5.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 7.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -100.40° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.