The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 1961
Waning Gibbous
86.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 60°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:47 PM
10:49 AM
60°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.5%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 479
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 | 222.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.53% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.3° / 297.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 05m / 12.06° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 47.22° / -5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.01° / 7.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.97° / 1.01° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.