The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2120
Waxing Crescent
28.3% 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
1:23 PM
10:39 PM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.3%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2447
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 | 64.17° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 115.67° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.9° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 38m / -25.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 278.65° / -2.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.29° / 3.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 112.62° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.