The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2047
Waxing Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
2:01 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 390,400 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1544
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 | 112.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.10% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.6° / 65.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 50m / -9.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 326.54° / 3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.34° / -4.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.59° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.