The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1983
Waning Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:10 PM
1:49 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 374,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 752
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 | 250.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.5° / 287.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 25.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.43° / 2.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.31° / -2.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -74.19° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 7.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.3° |
| 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.