The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2007
Waning Gibbous
98.9% 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
7:39 PM
8:21 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.9%
- Age
- 16.1 days
- Distance
- 359,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1048
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 191.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 12.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.86% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.7° / 323.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 54m / 9.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 16.00° / 3.30° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.71° / -3.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -12.81° / -0.72° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 53.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.