The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
79.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:24 PM
2:27 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 79.6%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 974
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 126.23° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 53.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 79.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -58.6° / 60.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 57m / -20.56° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 310.85° / -3.17° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.49° / 4.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 56.98° / 1.57° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.