The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2005
Waning Crescent
28.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:26 AM
5:01 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 28.0%
- Age
- 23.9 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1023
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 | 296.32° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 116.07° |
| Illuminated fraction | 28.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.5° / 257.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 18m / 24.86° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 120.97° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.41° / -6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -113.45° / 0.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.