The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 16, 1927
Waning Gibbous
66.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:13 PM
1:13 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 66.3%
- Age
- 20.4 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 16, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 251.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 70.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 66.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.8° / 284.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 09m / 19.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 63.84° / -1.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.30° / 2.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -64.83° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.