The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2107
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 48°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:29 PM
3:46 AM
48°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 403,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2286
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 | 132.44° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.52° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.77% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.1° / 39.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 04m / -2.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 346.06° / 2.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.82° / -3.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 46.48° / 0.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 249.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.