The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1952
Waxing Gibbous
59.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:56 PM
12:03 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 59.2%
- Age
- 8.4 days
- Distance
- 371,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 368
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 | 100.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.37° |
| Illuminated fraction | 59.22% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.4° / 91.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 07m / -25.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 284.99° / -3.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.89° / 4.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.78° / -1.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.