The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Waxing Crescent
3.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:06 AM
8:23 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.5%
- Age
- 1.8 days
- Distance
- 381,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1234
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 | 21.42° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 158.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 27.5° / 132.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 39m / -8.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 205.95° / 1.59° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.78° / -1.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 154.01° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.