The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1912
Waning Gibbous
98.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:28 AM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.5%
- Age
- 16.5 days
- Distance
- 392,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -127
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 | 194.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 14.08° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.50% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.7° / 335.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 07m / 7.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.32° / 0.55° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / -0.12° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -18.70° / 0.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 67.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.