The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2080
Waxing Gibbous
98.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:56 PM
6:47 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.8%
- Age
- 14.6 days
- Distance
- 387,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1952
Events on this date
-
Mars and Uranus close together
They pass 1.6° apart in the sky.
-
Mars, Saturn, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 167.74° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.5° / 351.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 22m / 10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 22.90° / 1.74° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.23° / -1.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 7.37° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 253.0° |
| 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.