The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1927
Waxing Crescent
3.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:49 AM
7:31 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.0%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 406,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 19.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 160.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.01% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.7° / 146.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 32m / -4.98° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 203.06° / 4.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.40° / -5.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 160.30° / 1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 281.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.