The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
81.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:56 PM
3:12 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 975
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 | 128.59° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 51.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.0° / 47.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 05m / -11.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.89° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.16° / 6.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.39° / 1.31° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.