The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2108
Waning Gibbous
56.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:00 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 56.7%
- Age
- 22.0 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 2297
Events on this date
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Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 262.36° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 82.25° |
| Illuminated fraction | 56.74% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 20.8° / 276.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 48m / 18.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 87.08° / -5.28° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.94° / 7.32° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -89.42° / 0.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 358.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.