The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1920
Full Moon
99.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 50°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:00 PM
6:54 AM
50°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.7%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 383,900 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- -28
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 174.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 6.00° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -45.7° / 338.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / 2.57° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 359.13° / 3.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -3.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.41° / -0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 272.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.