The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1938
Waxing Crescent
16.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
10:25 AM
8:37 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.4%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 391,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 195
Events on this date
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 4.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 47.69° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 132.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 14.1° / 129.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 17m / -17.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 231.62° / 0.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.37° / 0.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.83° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.