The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, October 27, 2197
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
7:23 PM
9:31 AM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 405,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3399
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Oct 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 197.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 18.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.1° / 323.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 19m / 20.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.74° / 2.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.53° / -2.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.86° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.