The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
30.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:25 PM
10:26 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 30.9%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 96
Events on this date
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Mars and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 67.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 112.50° |
| Illuminated fraction | 30.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -14.0° / 112.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 36m / -25.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 251.13° / -3.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.82° / 5.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 119.67° / 0.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 279.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.