The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2117
Waxing Crescent
4.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:21 AM
8:13 PM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.1%
- Age
- 1.6 days
- Distance
- 358,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 2409
Events on this date
-
Mars, Moon, and Neptune gathered
All within 7.1° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 3.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 23.16° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 156.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.07% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.1° / 134.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 40m / -12.34° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.71° / -1.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.31° / 2.87° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 159.39° / 0.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 296.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.