The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2191
Waxing Gibbous
72.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
2:05 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.7%
- Age
- 9.3 days
- Distance
- 367,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 3325
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 116.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.3° / 63.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 18m / -14.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 331.22° / -3.71° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 5.35° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 62.07° / -0.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 246.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.