The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1928
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:52 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.6 days
- Distance
- 375,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 71
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.41° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.9° / 360.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 53m / -12.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.70° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.69° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 18.99° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 235.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.