The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1900
Waxing Crescent
13.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:01 AM
8:09 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 13.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- -275
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 42.22° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 13.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 134.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 54m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 226.34° / -1.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 2.53° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 133.23° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.