The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2091
Full Moon
99.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 58°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:10 PM
7:56 AM
58°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.8%
- Age
- 14.9 days
- Distance
- 406,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 2088
Events on this date
-
Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
-
Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 5.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.2° / 331.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 27m / 9.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.52° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.32° / 6.65° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.83° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 134.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.