The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2170
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:12 PM
10:29 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 3065
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 | 210.18° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -13.6° / 313.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 10m / 21.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.53° / 0.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.22° / 0.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.67° / 0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.