The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2021
Waning Gibbous
63.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:08 PM
1:51 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.4%
- Age
- 20.6 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1221
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 | 254.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.45° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 18.0° / 286.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 13m / 24.42° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.36° / 1.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.49° / -1.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -76.17° / 1.35° |
| Position angle of the axis | 356.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.