The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2161
Waxing Gibbous
63.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:38 PM
1:00 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 63.3%
- Age
- 8.0 days
- Distance
- 392,300 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 2953
Events on this date
-
Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.7° apart in the sky.
-
Moon, Neptune, and Uranus gathered
All within 7.2° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 105.31° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 74.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 63.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -40.1° / 79.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 25m / -17.76° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 290.20° / 4.18° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.65° / -4.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.77° / -1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 352.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 262.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.