The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2108
Last Quarter
51.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 AM
2:19 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.4%
- Age
- 22.6 days
- Distance
- 379,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2298
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 | 268.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.8° / 268.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 15.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.89° / -4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.16° / 6.45° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.06° / 0.86° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.