The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1937
Last Quarter
44.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 44.8%
- Age
- 22.8 days
- Distance
- 372,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 182
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 276.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 44.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 21.7° / 278.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 44m / 20.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.27° / -2.69° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.88° / 4.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.30° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.