The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1931
Waning Gibbous
99.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 53°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:43 PM
7:05 AM
53°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.3%
- Age
- 15.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 108
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 189.57° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 9.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -42.6° / 340.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 47m / 5.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.19° / 0.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / -0.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -10.31° / 0.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 65.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.