The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2027
Waning Crescent
8.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 AM
5:54 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.3%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 363,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1295
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,400 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 326.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 146.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.31% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.5° / 200.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 09m / 9.44° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.94° / -1.81° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 2.93° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -146.18° / -1.26° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 107.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.