The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2034
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:06 PM
7:50 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.4 days
- Distance
- 358,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1383
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 181.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 4.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 333.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 20m / 10.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 36.25° / -3.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.28° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -3.61° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.