The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2044
Waxing Crescent
36.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
2:05 PM
10:48 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 36.2%
- Age
- 6.2 days
- Distance
- 401,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 1506
Events on this date
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Venus and Uranus close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 73.78° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 106.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 36.21% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.4° / 110.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 10m / -28.14° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.98° / -5.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.75° / 7.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 109.04° / -0.66° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 276.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.