The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 21, 2027
Waning Gibbous
69.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 75°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 PM
1:22 PM
75°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 69.1%
- Age
- 20.9 days
- Distance
- 380,300 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 21, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 247.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 67.57° |
| Illuminated fraction | 69.08% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 12.6° / 292.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 13m / 25.88° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 66.09° / 4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.22° / -5.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.95° / -1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 348.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.