The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 21, 1927
Waning Crescent
16.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
5:51 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 58
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 312.20° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.4° / 233.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 21.30° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 129.86° / 3.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.99° / -4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -125.84° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.