The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1904
Waning Gibbous
97.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:02 PM
7:18 AM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 97.6%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 406,100 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- -227
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 198.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 17.99° |
| Illuminated fraction | 97.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -47.2° / 321.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 31m / -3.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 352.00° / -0.33° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.53° / 0.76° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -19.02° / -0.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 69.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.