The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2126
Waxing Gibbous
88.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:55 PM
4:28 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.9%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 404,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 2521
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 140.95° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.5° / 27.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 39m / -0.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 354.97° / 1.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.77° / -1.52° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.70° / 0.58° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.