The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
58.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:57 PM
2:00 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.7%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 387,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 2.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 79.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.3° / 279.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 34m / 20.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 84.00° / -2.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.11° / 3.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -87.21° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.