The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 2087
Waxing Crescent
0.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:15 AM
7:36 PM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.8%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 400,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2038
Events on this date
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Mars, Mercury, and Moon gathered
All within 6.9° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 9.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 169.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 34.1° / 144.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 50m / -8.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 194.79° / -2.73° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.14° / 4.04° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 173.47° / -1.05° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 309.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.