The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1902
Waning Crescent
18.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 AM
3:53 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.3%
- Age
- 25.5 days
- Distance
- 373,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.9′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- -251
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 | 309.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 18.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 42.1° / 246.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 57m / 12.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.27° / -4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.42° / 7.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.79° / -0.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 101.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.