The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
66.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:17 PM
1:50 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.6%
- Age
- 8.7 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2954
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 109.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.65° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.8° / 67.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 38m / -8.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.83° / 5.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.89° / -6.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.12° / -0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 252.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.