The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2054
Waning Crescent
19.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:46 AM
5:07 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.3%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 364,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1629
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 | 308.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 54.5° / 234.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 00m / 15.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 132.85° / -1.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -3.53° / 2.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -131.32° / 0.95° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 104.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.