The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, September 27, 2162
Waning Gibbous
84.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:39 PM
11:18 AM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 84.5%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 405,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 2965
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,500 km.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 226.49° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 46.39° |
| Illuminated fraction | 84.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -7.1° / 298.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 16m / 16.72° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 51.14° / -1.35° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.04° / 2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -47.59° / -0.84° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 76.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.