The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 1990
Waxing Gibbous
55.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
3:33 PM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 55.7%
- Age
- 8.6 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 838
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.2° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.2° of each other in the sky.
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 2.9° apart in the sky.
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Moon, Neptune, and Saturn gathered
All within 7.0° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 96.38° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 83.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 55.68% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.6° / 93.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 47m / -25.15° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 280.67° / -2.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.44° / 3.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 79.37° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.