The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 1980
Waning Gibbous
79.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
11:03 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.9%
- Age
- 18.6 days
- Distance
- 371,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 715
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 | 233.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 304.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 50m / 19.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.67° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.71° / 5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -45.84° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.2° |
| 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.