The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
76.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 PM
1:05 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.2%
- Age
- 9.2 days
- Distance
- 377,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -201
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 | 121.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 58.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.4° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 29m / -18.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 305.12° / 0.48° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 0.02° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 63.27° / 1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.