The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, September 27, 2189
Waning Gibbous
91.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:59 PM
10:19 AM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.0%
- Age
- 17.1 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 3299
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 2.7° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 215.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.97° |
| Illuminated fraction | 90.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.8° / 304.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 33m / 13.69° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 40.15° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.46° / 2.08° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.80° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 343.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.