The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 23, 2027
Last Quarter
47.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:23 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.5%
- Age
- 22.9 days
- Distance
- 372,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 92.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.47% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 277.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 15m / 26.47° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 93.45° / 3.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.04° / -3.55° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -97.34° / -1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 91.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.