The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 2023
Waxing Gibbous
95.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:45 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.4%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 360,000 km
- Apparent size
- 33.2′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1246
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 359,900 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.52° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 24.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.43% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.6° / 0.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 51m / -11.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.81° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.14° / 5.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 24.38° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 238.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.