The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 22, 2027
Waning Gibbous
58.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:28 PM
2:26 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 58.6%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 376,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 22, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 260.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 58.60% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 23.4° / 285.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 14m / 27.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 79.65° / 3.98° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.76° / -4.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -85.14° / -1.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.