The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 15, 1927
Waning Gibbous
76.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:33 PM
11:59 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.7%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 365,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 237.76° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.2° / 289.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 12m / 14.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.57° / -2.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.19° / 4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -52.64° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.