The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1923
Waning Gibbous
93.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
9:39 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.7%
- Age
- 16.8 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 9
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 208.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 28.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -24.0° / 305.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 06m / 8.45° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 32.29° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.46° / 5.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -28.38° / 0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.