The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2049
Waxing Crescent
0.5% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:00 AM
7:22 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.5%
- Age
- 0.6 days
- Distance
- 392,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1568
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
18° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Mercury and Mars close together
They pass 0.0° apart in the sky.
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Mercury 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 | 6.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 172.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.46% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.7° / 148.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 37m / -8.22° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 191.75° / -3.89° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.71° / 5.62° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 168.88° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 324.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.