The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2150
Waxing Crescent
39.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
1:58 PM
11:29 PM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.3%
- Age
- 6.6 days
- Distance
- 403,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 2817
Events on this date
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Mars and Saturn close together
They pass 1.2° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 77.47° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 102.38° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -20.5° / 103.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 25m / -22.53° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 262.03° / 0.65° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / -0.38° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 104.19° / 1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 1.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.