The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
95.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:20 PM
5:49 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.6%
- Age
- 12.2 days
- Distance
- 398,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1111
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.58% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.5° / 6.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 33m / 7.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 10.58° / 3.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.88° / -4.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 29.03° / -0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.