The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2011
New Moon
0.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:38 AM
7:11 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.2%
- Age
- 0.2 days
- Distance
- 357,700 km
- Apparent size
- 33.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1098
Events on this date
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New Moon
The Moon passes between Earth and the Sun and cannot be seen. These are the darkest nights of the month.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 2.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 174.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 38.1° / 152.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 19m / -7.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 187.09° / -4.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.00° / 6.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 176.48° / -1.44° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 350.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.