The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, September 27, 2160
Waning Crescent
7.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
5:43 PM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.8%
- Age
- 27.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Sextans
- Lunation number
- 2940
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 1.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 327.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 147.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.81% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 53.9° / 198.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 10h 13m / 5.77° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 153.09° / -4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.48° / 6.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -148.40° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 102.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.