The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1930
Waxing Crescent
17.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:00 AM
10:15 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 17.1%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 370,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.3′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 95
Events on this date
-
Neptune behind the Sun
On the far side of the Sun and lost in its glare.
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Moon and Venus close together
They pass 1.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 48.67° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.22° |
| Illuminated fraction | 17.05% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.6° / 110.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -8.48° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.32° / 0.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.67° / 0.07° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 137.99° / 1.20° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 291.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.