The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 2042
Waxing Gibbous
95.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- –
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:41 PM
4:56 AM
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 95.3%
- Age
- 13.3 days
- Distance
- 362,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 1481
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 155.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 25.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 95.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -61.2° / 2.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 50m / -10.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 339.78° / -3.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.35° / 4.68° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 20.58° / 0.39° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 239.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.