The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1977
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
8:25 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 400,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 678
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 | 187.68° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -31.5° / 328.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 41.81° / -2.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.71° / 3.67° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -4.37° / 0.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.