The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2088
Waxing Gibbous
90.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:35 PM
4:17 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 90.3%
- Age
- 12.6 days
- Distance
- 392,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 2050
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 5.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 143.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 36.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.3° / 25.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 00m / -7.49° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 329.38° / 4.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.43° / -5.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 31.58° / -0.65° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 255.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.