The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2101
Waxing Crescent
30.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:37 PM
10:52 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.5%
- Age
- 4.9 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2212
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 66.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.2° / 110.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 49m / -25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.97° / -2.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.24° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.42° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.