The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1971
First Quarter
49.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:10 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.6%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 388,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 603
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 89.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 90.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 49.57% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -32.5° / 99.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 15m / -26.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 273.26° / -3.29° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.56° / 4.71° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 83.17° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 359.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.2° |
| 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.