The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2196
Waxing Crescent
38.8% 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
1:54 PM
11:55 PM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 38.8%
- Age
- 6.0 days
- Distance
- 392,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 3387
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 76.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 38.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 100.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 34m / -20.35° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 291.97° / 1.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.22° / -1.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.58° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.