The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2158
Waxing Crescent
24.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:56 PM
10:12 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.4%
- Age
- 5.4 days
- Distance
- 404,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2917
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 59.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.4° / 115.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -25.04° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.31° / -1.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.91° / 2.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.18° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.