The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 1999
Waning Gibbous
93.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:08 PM
9:40 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.3%
- Age
- 17.7 days
- Distance
- 366,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 949
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 209.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.8° / 304.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 13m / 8.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 33.73° / -5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.65° / 7.01° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.41° / 1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.