The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2146
Last Quarter
50.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:10 AM
2:28 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 50.2%
- Age
- 21.8 days
- Distance
- 404,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 2768
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 269.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 89.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 50.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.5° / 268.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 22m / 15.81° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 124.10° / -3.50° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.11° / 5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.49° / 1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 103.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.