The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 8, 1927
Waxing Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 PM
1:58 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 10.9 days
- Distance
- 390,500 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 57
Events on this date
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Mercury at greatest elongation
19° from the Sun in the morning sky, its best showing before sunrise.
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Venus at its brightest
Shines at magnitude -4.7, as bright as it gets this time around.
Exact values
For Aug 8, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 122.92° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.96° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.26% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -54.9° / 70.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 08m / -22.11° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 258.02° / 0.80° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.39° / -0.72° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 51.09° / 1.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 275.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.