The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 2031
Waxing Gibbous
87.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:19 PM
3:45 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 87.2%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 366,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.6′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1345
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 366,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 138.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 41.87° |
| Illuminated fraction | 87.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.7° / 35.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 33m / -9.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 322.65° / 5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.45° / -6.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 42.99° / -1.11° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.