The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2010
Waning Gibbous
83.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 PM
11:40 AM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.4%
- Age
- 19.2 days
- Distance
- 393,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1085
Events on this date
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.8, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 228.11° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 48.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -3.3° / 302.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 17m / 21.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.56° / 3.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.51° / -4.20° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -53.78° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.