The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1915
Waning Gibbous
82.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
8:14 PM
10:49 AM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 82.3%
- Age
- 18.3 days
- Distance
- 402,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- -90
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 229.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 49.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 82.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.5° / 312.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 23.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 53.14° / 5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.37° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.48° / -1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.