The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1910
Last Quarter
49.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
11:23 PM
1:46 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 49.0%
- Age
- 22.4 days
- Distance
- 370,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- -153
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 271.33° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 91.19° |
| Illuminated fraction | 48.96% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 17.3° / 284.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 11m / 22.16° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 64.86° / 1.06° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.48° / -0.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -88.85° / 1.49° |
| Position angle of the axis | 350.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 79.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.