The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2185
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:42 AM
9:41 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 3251
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.15° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.4° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 28m / -19.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.34° / 3.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.51° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 132.02° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.