The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
81.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:57 PM
2:57 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 81.5%
- Age
- 11.4 days
- Distance
- 393,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 405
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 | 129.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 50.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 81.51% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -53.6° / 51.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -13.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 312.84° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.73° / -4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 45.96° / -1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.