The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 9, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
94.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
7:15 PM
4:28 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.9%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 367,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 9, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 154.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.11° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -68.9° / 2.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 36m / -18.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.11° / -4.15° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.58° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.39° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.