The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2068
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:33 AM
7:41 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 1.2 days
- Distance
- 405,700 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1803
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 | 13.21° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.3° / 142.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 04m / -10.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.60° / -2.96° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.02° / 4.39° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 165.06° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 23.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 306.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.