The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2057
New Moon
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:08 AM
6:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.0 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1667
Events on this date
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Moon, Uranus, and Venus gathered
All within 5.8° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.9° apart in the sky.
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 353.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.5° / 160.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 52m / -6.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 208.46° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.86° / -4.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -178.07° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 142.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.