The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1929
Last Quarter
52.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 71°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:33 PM
71°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 52.0%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 82
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 | 267.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 87.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 52.02% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.7° / 277.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 3h 57m / 21.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 61.71° / 1.47° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.30° / -1.50° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -92.15° / 1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 77.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.