The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2063
Waxing Crescent
36.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:08 PM
11:22 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.4%
- Age
- 5.9 days
- Distance
- 395,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1742
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 1.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 74.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.8° / 106.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -25.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.32° / -3.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.73° / 5.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 111.82° / -1.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.