The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, September 27, 2018
Waning Gibbous
93.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 56°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:07 PM
9:45 AM
56°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 93.0%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 386,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Cetus
- Lunation number
- 1184
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.5° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Sep 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 210.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 30.58° |
| Illuminated fraction | 93.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.1° / 303.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 17m / 8.33° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.77° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.74° / 7.05° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.20° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.