The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 15, 1927
Waning Gibbous
91.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 41°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
9:22 AM
41°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.4%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 363,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 57
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 363,800 km.
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Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 3.5° apart in the sky.
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
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Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 4.3° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 15, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 213.90° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.16° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.37% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 52m / -6.37° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.72° / -5.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.22° / 6.88° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -34.22° / 1.28° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.