The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1909
Waxing Gibbous
83.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 24°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:07 PM
1:23 AM
24°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 83.8%
- Age
- 11.7 days
- Distance
- 375,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- -165
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 132.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 47.47° |
| Illuminated fraction | 83.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.4° / 77.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 19h 12m / -25.19° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 286.24° / -2.75° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.55° / 3.96° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 40.51° / 1.52° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 259.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.