The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2058
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:59 PM
3:10 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 10.1 days
- Distance
- 368,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1680
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
24° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 129.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.92° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.3° / 46.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 08m / -11.18° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 343.66° / -5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.60° / 7.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 52.19° / 0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.