The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1950
Waning Gibbous
97.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
7:47 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.7%
- Age
- 15.6 days
- Distance
- 399,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 343
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 | 197.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.5° / 334.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 10.24° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 21.34° / 2.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.67° / -2.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -14.08° / -0.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 62.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.