The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2131
Waxing Crescent
34.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:44 PM
11:13 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 397,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2583
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 | 71.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.0° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 05m / -23.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.95° / -0.95° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.77° / 1.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 102.35° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 263.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.