The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
65.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:27 PM
1:35 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.4%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1074
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 107.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.12° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -38.7° / 71.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 35m / -11.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.13° / 2.31° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.81° / -2.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.99° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.