The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1929
Waning Crescent
32.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:52 AM
4:44 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 32.3%
- Age
- 24.2 days
- Distance
- 369,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 83
Events on this date
-
Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,100 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 290.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 110.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 32.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 49.6° / 263.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 52m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 114.96° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.18° / -5.92° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -110.43° / 0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.