The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2046
Waning Crescent
8.8% 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
4:18 AM
5:48 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.9 days
- Distance
- 362,200 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 1530
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 56.8° / 202.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 06m / 9.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 150.26° / -2.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.55° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -149.98° / -1.34° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.