The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2142
Waxing Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
1:04 AM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 2719
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 100.25° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.6° / 77.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 02m / -11.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 314.39° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.69° / -5.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.92° / -0.77° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.