The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2057
Waning Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:04 AM
7:17 PM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 28.5 days
- Distance
- 383,600 km
- Apparent size
- 31.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1666
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 | 347.50° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.53° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.5° / 159.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 41m / 7.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 172.56° / 4.99° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.65° / -6.11° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -172.45° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 133.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.