The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 1996
Waning Gibbous
98.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:38 PM
7:52 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.4%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 913
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 | 194.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.6° / 338.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 09m / 14.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.61° / -3.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.83° / 5.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -8.68° / 0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.