The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 2056
Waning Gibbous
86.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 61°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:38 PM
10:52 AM
61°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 86.6%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 1654
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 | 222.89° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 42.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 86.59% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -11.6° / 297.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 08m / 13.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 48.17° / -4.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.66° / 6.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -42.77° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 344.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.