The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1946
Waxing Crescent
5.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:32 AM
8:48 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 5.6%
- Age
- 2.3 days
- Distance
- 396,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 294
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 2.5° apart in the sky.
-
Moon and Mars close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Mars, and Moon gathered
All within 3.4° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 26.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 152.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 126.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 00m / -8.55° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 210.93° / 3.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.85° / -4.09° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 157.01° / 1.46° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 284.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.