The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1947
Waxing Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:37 PM
4:27 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 12.9 days
- Distance
- 398,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 306
Events on this date
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Venus and Neptune close together
They pass 0.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 149.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -64.8° / 12.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 29m / -14.97° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 333.37° / -5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.95° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 27.37° / 1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.