The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1979
Waxing Crescent
34.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:11 PM
11:27 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 34.2%
- Age
- 6.3 days
- Distance
- 385,700 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 702
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 71.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 108.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.17% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -12.8° / 102.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 58m / -17.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 255.28° / 5.20° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.91° / -6.23° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 101.81° / 0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 5.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 274.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.