The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 2086
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
12:52 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 371,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2025
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
26° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 8.0° / 290.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 29m / 21.54° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 68.98° / -0.25° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.19° / 0.79° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -56.76° / -1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 81.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.