The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1917
Waxing Gibbous
85.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:18 PM
2:22 AM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.8%
- Age
- 11.3 days
- Distance
- 362,400 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- -65
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 135.66° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 59.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 24m / -11.66° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.67° / 3.44° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.15° / -3.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.87° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 254.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.