The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2157
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:34 AM
3:58 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.1 days
- Distance
- 399,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 2904
Events on this date
-
Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 299.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.9° / 238.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 19m / 8.59° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.54° / -1.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.68° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -112.92° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 109.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.