The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, September 27, 2073
Waning Crescent
19.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
2:48 AM
5:11 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.0%
- Age
- 25.6 days
- Distance
- 372,900 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1864
Events on this date
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 128.32° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.00% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 55.3° / 233.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 04m / 16.13° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 133.61° / -0.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.97° / 1.31° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -135.11° / 1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 105.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.