The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, September 27, 2097
Waning Gibbous
60.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:17 PM
2:21 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 60.4%
- Age
- 21.6 days
- Distance
- 370,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2161
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 | 258.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 77.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 60.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 22.3° / 286.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 31m / 27.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 83.47° / 4.00° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.07° / -4.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -79.18° / 0.74° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.