The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 5, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
62.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:55 PM
12:33 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.2%
- Age
- 9.4 days
- Distance
- 390,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 5, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 103.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.6° / 87.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 43m / -23.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 266.05° / -0.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.18° / 0.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 69.13° / 1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.