The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2086
Waning Gibbous
67.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:31 PM
1:19 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 67.0%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 382,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 2026
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 250.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 13.1° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 04m / 19.21° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 105.00° / -3.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.01° / 5.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -62.37° / -0.76° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.