The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 1981
Waning Crescent
0.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 54°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:40 AM
7:31 PM
54°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.4%
- Age
- 29.1 days
- Distance
- 394,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 726
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 | 354.14° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 50.8° / 152.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 02m / 4.52° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 178.60° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.02° / -5.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -169.47° / 1.43° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 149.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.