The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2113
Waning Gibbous
87.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:04 PM
11:21 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.7%
- Age
- 17.8 days
- Distance
- 364,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2360
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mars, Mercury, and Neptune gathered
All within 4.5° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 221.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.2° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 56m / 22.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 75.30° / -0.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.92° / 1.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.41° / 1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.