The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1961
Waning Gibbous
83.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:48 PM
11:39 AM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.5%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 387,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 480
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 | 227.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.6° / 297.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.95° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.67° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -41.55° / 1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.