The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1981
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:30 AM
5:57 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 29.5 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 727
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 358.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 174.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 09m / -7.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 212.70° / 4.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.22° / -5.91° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -175.58° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 184.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.