The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2072
Waning Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
8:17 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 15.9 days
- Distance
- 395,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1853
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 186.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.4° / 327.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 44m / 11.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 42.09° / -4.57° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.80° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -11.20° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 110.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.