The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1905
Waning Crescent
2.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:41 AM
5:53 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 2.2%
- Age
- 28.2 days
- Distance
- 361,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- -214
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 0.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 343.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 162.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 2.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.0° / 196.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 14m / 6.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.98° / 1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.82° / -1.44° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.94° / 0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 116.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.