The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
61.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:34 PM
2:20 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 61.4%
- Age
- 21.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1222
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 | 256.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 61.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.1° / 284.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 35m / 25.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 111.34° / 3.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.72° / -4.56° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -81.77° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 10.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.