The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 11, 2027
Waxing Gibbous
84.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:47 PM
2:49 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.1%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 11, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.4° / 52.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 16m / -20.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.56° / -0.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.03° / 1.43° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 48.82° / -0.98° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.