The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 20, 2027
Waning Gibbous
78.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
9:42 PM
12:15 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 78.5%
- Age
- 19.9 days
- Distance
- 384,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 20, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 235.28° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 55.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 78.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 1.9° / 298.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 23.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 52.75° / 5.02° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.41° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -60.77° / -1.15° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 71.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.