The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1984
Waxing Crescent
9.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 35°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:21 AM
9:04 PM
35°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 9.5%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 363,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 764
Events on this date
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Moon and Saturn close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 35.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 144.14° |
| Illuminated fraction | 9.48% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.3° / 124.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 34m / -13.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 220.47° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.07° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 149.38° / 1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.