The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1903
Waxing Crescent
42.0% 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
12:51 PM
11:02 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 42.0%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 398,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -238
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 | 80.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 99.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 42.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -9.2° / 106.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 35m / -18.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 264.04° / 5.16° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.80° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.32° / -0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.