The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2050
Waxing Gibbous
86.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:15 PM
3:37 AM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.3%
- Age
- 11.5 days
- Distance
- 362,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.9′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1580
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 | 136.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 43.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 38.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 29m / -9.50° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 321.43° / 5.12° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.93° / -6.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 39.18° / -0.97° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 256.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.