The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 20, 1927
Waning Crescent
24.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 73°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:48 AM
5:11 PM
73°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 24.7%
- Age
- 24.4 days
- Distance
- 390,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 300.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 120.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 24.72% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 252.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 00m / 23.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 117.24° / 2.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.38° / -3.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.63° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.