The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2048
Waning Gibbous
70.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:58 PM
1:06 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.9%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1556
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 | 245.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.94% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 10.7° / 288.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 21.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.28° / -1.85° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.44° / 2.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -66.94° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 95.2° |
| 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.