The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2019
New Moon
0.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:03 AM
6:45 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 28.9 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1197
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 171.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 41.5° / 160.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 48m / -5.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.22° / 4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.27° / -5.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.47° / 1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 144.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.