The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2078
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 21.7 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1927
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 32.2° / 275.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 28m / 24.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 123.31° / 5.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.96° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -80.99° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.