The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 1991
Waning Gibbous
84.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:14 PM
11:32 AM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 375,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 850
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 | 226.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.51° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.5° / 303.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 21.85° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 50.53° / 4.11° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.38° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.00° / -1.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.