The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1924
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:54 AM
7:02 PM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 379,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 21
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 1.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 345.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.79° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.2° / 166.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 24m / 6.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 169.26° / 2.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.03° / -2.60° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -170.26° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 120.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.