The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1900
Waxing Crescent
6.0% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:18 AM
8:01 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.0%
- Age
- 2.5 days
- Distance
- 406,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -276
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 406,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 27.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 151.66° |
| Illuminated fraction | 5.99% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 35.4° / 138.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 00m / -4.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 181.87° / -4.52° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.21° / 6.37° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 151.53° / -1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 302.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.