The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1982
Waxing Gibbous
72.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:50 PM
1:42 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.9%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 401,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 739
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 | 117.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.87% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.5° / 73.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -21.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.32° / -1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.72° / 2.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.76° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 345.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.