The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1964
Last Quarter
52.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:36 PM
1:51 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.5%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 371,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 517
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 267.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.4° / 284.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 22.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 121.62° / 3.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / -3.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -83.06° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.