The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1985
Waxing Gibbous
99.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:14 PM
5:45 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.0%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 404,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 777
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 | 168.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 11.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 8.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 28m / 7.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 23.09° / -1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.48° / 2.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 13.70° / 0.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 237.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.