The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2097
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:05 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 370,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2162
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 | 267.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 276.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 26m / 24.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.89° / 5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.33° / -6.19° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -84.80° / -0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.