The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
86.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:16 PM
3:56 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.4%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1210
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 136.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.1° / 33.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 37m / -8.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 351.63° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.65° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 47.60° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 240.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.