The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1908
Waxing Crescent
4.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:10 AM
7:42 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.3%
- Age
- 2.1 days
- Distance
- 397,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -176
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 | 23.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.6° / 143.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.67° / 4.43° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.90° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.