The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2020
Waxing Gibbous
84.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
2:59 AM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.0%
- Age
- 10.2 days
- Distance
- 394,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.3′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1209
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 | 132.82° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.1° / 49.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 26m / -19.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 317.83° / -4.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 5.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 53.19° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 247.6° |
| 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.