The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
74.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 PM
2:24 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 74.7%
- Age
- 10.7 days
- Distance
- 394,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 740
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 | 119.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 60.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 74.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 60.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 28m / -14.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.52° / -4.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.95° / 6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.17° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 245.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.