The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1945
Waning Gibbous
59.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:45 PM
2:06 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.0%
- Age
- 21.1 days
- Distance
- 373,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 281
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 259.72° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.04% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.9° / 281.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 22.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.90° / -0.94° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.69° / 1.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -73.17° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.