The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 1988
Waning Gibbous
91.7% 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
8:04 PM
11:02 AM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 374,200 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 814
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 | 213.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.2° / 314.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 26.61° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.67° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -26.75° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.