The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 1994
Last Quarter
53.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 70°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:22 PM
70°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 53.5%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 399,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Orion
- Lunation number
- 887
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 266.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 85.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 53.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.7° / 275.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 02m / 19.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 90.41° / -3.67° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.83° / 5.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -90.99° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 90.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.