The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2018
Waning Gibbous
89.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 67°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:03 PM
10:52 AM
67°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.6%
- Age
- 18.5 days
- Distance
- 374,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1185
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 | 217.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.0° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 43m / 18.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 71.71° / -3.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.97° / 5.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.78° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.