The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1906
Waxing Gibbous
57.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 31°
- Moonset
- –
60°30°
Horizon
2:07 PM
31°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.9%
- Age
- 7.6 days
- Distance
- 369,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- -202
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 369,700 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 98.99° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 80.90° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -22.8° / 95.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 47m / -17.83° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.49° / 4.51° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.54° / -5.33° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 81.54° / 0.59° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.