The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 2027
Waning Gibbous
72.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
1:18 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.5%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 374,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1296
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.9° / 294.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 26.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.34° / 3.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.99° / -3.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.48° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 88.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.