The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
86.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:17 PM
2:29 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.1%
- Age
- 12.0 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 170
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 | 136.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.76° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.11% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.9° / 58.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 27m / -10.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 320.68° / 3.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.35° / -4.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 37.06° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.