The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 12, 1927
Waning Gibbous
97.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:55 PM
8:14 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.9%
- Age
- 16.4 days
- Distance
- 359,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.2° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.2° of each other in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,200 km.
Exact values
For Sep 12, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 195.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 16.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.90% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -39.2° / 306.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 26m / -2.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.91° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.83° / 6.77° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -16.12° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 85.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.