The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2123
First Quarter
48.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 28°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:41 PM
28°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 48.9%
- Age
- 7.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2483
Events on this date
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First Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon is high at sunset and sets around midnight.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 88.53° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.31° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.85% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.9° / 95.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 11m / -21.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 272.64° / 1.88° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.35° / -1.99° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 89.37° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.