The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 2013
Waning Crescent
45.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:19 AM
2:57 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 45.4%
- Age
- 22.2 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1122
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 275.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 95.30° |
| Illuminated fraction | 45.39% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.6° / 267.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 43m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 100.18° / -4.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.15° / 6.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -94.79° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 93.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.