The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2048
Waning Gibbous
72.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:28 PM
12:54 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.4%
- Age
- 19.4 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1555
Events on this date
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Mercury at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.4° / 292.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 27m / 22.87° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.68° / 1.14° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.22° / -1.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -61.34° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.