The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2012
Waxing Gibbous
93.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 47°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:51 PM
4:53 AM
47°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.5%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 387,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1110
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 | 150.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 29.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.52% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.3° / 13.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 23m / -4.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 335.79° / 5.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.44° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.62° / -1.24° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.