The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2016
Waning Crescent
8.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:53 AM
5:22 PM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.4%
- Age
- 26.7 days
- Distance
- 401,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1160
Events on this date
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Mercury behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.1° / 198.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 07m / 1.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.08° / 1.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -1.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -141.53° / 1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 115.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.