The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 2006
Waxing Crescent
23.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:34 PM
9:41 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.0%
- Age
- 5.2 days
- Distance
- 396,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1036
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 | 56.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.75° |
| Illuminated fraction | 22.95% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -5.6° / 118.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 53m / -25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.41° / -4.83° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.47° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.66° / -0.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.