The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
58.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
12:45 AM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.2%
- Age
- 9.0 days
- Distance
- 392,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 839
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 | 99.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.4° / 81.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -15.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 313.27° / 0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 73.77° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.