The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, October 27, 2025
Waxing Crescent
30.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 22°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
10:40 PM
22°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.7%
- Age
- 6.1 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1272
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 | 67.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.5° / 111.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 52m / -27.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 281.60° / -4.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.77° / 6.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 107.24° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.