The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2186
Waxing Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:44 PM
7:00 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 15.0 days
- Distance
- 382,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 3263
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 172.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.84° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.9° / 341.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 48m / 5.78° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 27.14° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.20° / 7.10° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 2.50° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 213.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.