The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2009
Waxing Gibbous
63.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:02 PM
12:46 AM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.8%
- Age
- 8.9 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1073
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 73.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.84% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -43.9° / 83.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 30m / -22.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.61° / -0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.17° / 1.24° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.58° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 260.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.