The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1972
Waning Gibbous
66.7% 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
11:22 PM
1:38 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.7%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 371,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 616
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 | 250.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 16.0° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 05m / 23.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.95° / 0.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 0.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -63.94° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.