The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2063
Waxing Crescent
33.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 21°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:46 PM
10:33 PM
21°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 33.1%
- Age
- 5.3 days
- Distance
- 384,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 1741
Events on this date
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Mercury and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 70.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 109.77° |
| Illuminated fraction | 33.09% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.1° / 112.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 51m / -27.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 254.63° / -5.13° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 8.44° / 7.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 117.45° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 278.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.