The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1922
First Quarter
47.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:20 PM
11:33 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.7%
- Age
- 6.5 days
- Distance
- 385,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -3
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 87.15° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.65% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.4° / 102.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 04m / -18.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 270.95° / 5.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.56° / -6.27° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 100.52° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 269.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.