The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 1989
Waning Crescent
3.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
5:24 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.6%
- Age
- 27.8 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 826
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 338.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.8° / 183.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 41m / -8.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 192.76° / -3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.25° / 5.69° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -156.39° / -1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.