The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2027
Waning Gibbous
62.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:38 PM
2:08 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.0%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 372,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1296
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 256.19° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 76.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.1° / 284.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 03m / 24.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 104.22° / 2.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.24° / -2.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -78.65° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.