The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 1980
Waning Gibbous
85.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:53 PM
10:58 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.4%
- Age
- 18.2 days
- Distance
- 363,300 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 714
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 | 224.73° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 44.86° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.44% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -10.7° / 296.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 14m / 12.63° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 49.43° / -5.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.03° / 7.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -39.77° / 1.13° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.