The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2045
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:20 PM
9:57 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 17.2 days
- Distance
- 384,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1519
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 | 201.30° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 29m / 24.08° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 55.94° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.36° / -5.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -25.99° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 64.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.