The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2180
Waxing Gibbous
70.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
3:32 PM
2:16 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 70.8%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 387,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3189
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 | 114.56° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 65.42° |
| Illuminated fraction | 70.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.0° / 61.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 59m / -6.79° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.50° / 5.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.35° / -5.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 72.34° / -0.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.