The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1901
Waxing Gibbous
99.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:52 PM
5:38 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.5%
- Age
- 14.8 days
- Distance
- 363,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -263
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 | 172.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.2° / 3.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 42m / 2.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 356.63° / 3.82° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / -4.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 3.70° / -1.04° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.