The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2136
Waxing Crescent
7.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 AM
7:57 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.5%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2645
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 6.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.6° / 135.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 12m / -25.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 245.91° / -4.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.00° / 6.80° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.92° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.