The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1911
Waxing Crescent
14.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:36 AM
9:09 PM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 14.6%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 386,600 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- -140
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 | 44.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 135.03° |
| Illuminated fraction | 14.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.0° / 122.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 09m / -5.94° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 198.14° / 1.27° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.04° / -1.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 141.30° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.