The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2044
Waxing Crescent
37.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:16 PM
11:30 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.9%
- Age
- 6.7 days
- Distance
- 404,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1507
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,600 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 75.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.3° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 32m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.67° / -3.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.07° / 5.57° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 103.43° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 261.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.