The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 28, 1927
Waxing Crescent
7.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:47 AM
7:56 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.0%
- Age
- 2.8 days
- Distance
- 406,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 59
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 28, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 30.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 149.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 29.8° / 138.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 15m / -9.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 214.88° / 3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.86° / -4.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 148.08° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 283.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.