The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2066
Waxing Gibbous
62.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:48 PM
12:39 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 62.3%
- Age
- 8.1 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 1778
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,800 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 104.05° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 75.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 62.25% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -41.3° / 83.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 21m / -20.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 288.94° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.11° / -1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 76.40° / -1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 353.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.