The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 27, 2101
Waxing Crescent
23.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 23°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:37 PM
9:45 PM
23°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 23.1%
- Age
- 4.3 days
- Distance
- 368,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 2211
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 368,600 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 57.26° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 122.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 23.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -6.0° / 118.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 15h 54m / -25.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 241.68° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.34° / 6.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 122.05° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 12.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 285.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.