The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1926
Waning Gibbous
76.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:06 PM
11:39 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 76.5%
- Age
- 19.1 days
- Distance
- 369,500 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 45
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 | 237.93° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 57.94° |
| Illuminated fraction | 76.54% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.0° / 282.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 04m / 7.39° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 31.54° / -4.93° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.84° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -51.11° / 1.19° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.