The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1926
Waning Gibbous
60.6% 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
10:37 PM
12:51 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.6%
- Age
- 20.5 days
- Distance
- 386,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 46
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 | 257.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 7.9° / 290.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 24m / 21.38° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.70° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.17° / 2.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -69.88° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.