The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2103
Waning Crescent
10.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:42 AM
4:42 PM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 10.5%
- Age
- 26.3 days
- Distance
- 404,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2236
Events on this date
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Moon, Neptune, and Venus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 322.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 142.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 10.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 43.3° / 205.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 38m / -3.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 176.17° / -4.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.11° / 7.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -142.60° / -1.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.