The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 2184
Waning Crescent
36.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
1:24 AM
3:27 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.5%
- Age
- 23.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 3238
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 285.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 105.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 254.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 31m / 13.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 140.74° / -0.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / 1.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -98.09° / 1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.