The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1956
Last Quarter
48.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:53 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.0%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 371,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 417
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 272.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 30.2° / 271.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 30m / 20.23° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 97.00° / -3.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.02° / 4.40° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.60° / -1.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 92.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.