The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1959
Waning Crescent
25.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 65°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:11 AM
4:23 PM
65°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 25.9%
- Age
- 24.6 days
- Distance
- 391,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 454
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 | 299.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 118.80° |
| Illuminated fraction | 25.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 47.5° / 244.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 16m / 15.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 122.84° / -4.64° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.84° / 6.54° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.48° / -0.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.