The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2054
Waning Crescent
13.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:00 AM
5:04 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.4%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 365,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1630
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,200 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 317.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.3° / 212.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 33m / 5.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 171.66° / 2.19° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.11° / -2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -136.94° / 1.42° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 114.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.