The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2051
Waning Crescent
38.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 AM
3:03 PM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.5%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1593
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 | 283.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 103.28° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.3° / 254.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 14m / 10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 137.66° / -4.84° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.83° / 0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.