The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2015
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:05 PM
7:52 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1148
Events on this date
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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 | 182.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -35.7° / 332.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 10.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.21° / -3.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.87° / 4.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.19° / 0.89° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 135.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.