The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1918
Last Quarter
45.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:06 AM
3:10 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.1%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 384,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- -53
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.61° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 33.4° / 269.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 21.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.49° / -2.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.93° / 3.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.99° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.