The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 2010
Waning Gibbous
79.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:58 PM
12:28 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.4%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 383,100 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1086
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 | 234.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.9° / 297.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 52m / 23.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 88.22° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.12° / -0.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -59.37° / -1.36° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.0° |
| 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.