The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1911
Waxing Crescent
25.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
11:39 AM
8:59 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.0%
- Age
- 5.1 days
- Distance
- 400,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- -139
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 | 59.88° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 119.95° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 2.7° / 124.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 03m / -23.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 243.35° / -2.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.65° / 4.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.98° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 9.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 282.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.