The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1942
Waning Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:19 AM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 17.0 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 244
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 | 216.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.09° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.3° / 300.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 40m / 10.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.83° / -4.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.84° / 6.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.17° / 0.85° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.