The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 2004
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:25 PM
7:19 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 13.5 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1012
Events on this date
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Total lunar eclipse
The Moon passes fully into Earth's shadow and turns a dim copper red. It starts at 9:14 PM, is deepest at 11:04 PM and ends at 12:53 AM. Totality lasts from 10:23 PM to 11:44 PM. Visible from Columbus from start to finish.
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.44° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.9° / 342.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 49m / 10.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 29.14° / -0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.62° / 0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 10.43° / -0.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.