The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
91.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
4:52 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.3%
- Age
- 11.8 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1581
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 | 145.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.1° / 20.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 55m / 3.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.28° / 3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.54° / -3.81° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 33.57° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 250.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.