The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2071
Waxing Crescent
18.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 34°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:29 AM
10:04 PM
34°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 18.0%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 388,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 1840
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 | 49.91° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 129.83° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.98% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 4.6° / 114.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 33m / -14.62° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 234.59° / 4.42° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.89° / -5.28° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 136.11° / 0.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 14.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 280.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.