The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1932
Waning Crescent
19.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:55 AM
5:58 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 19.4%
- Age
- 25.3 days
- Distance
- 391,000 km
- Apparent size
- 30.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 119
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.0° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 308.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 127.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 19.41% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.7° / 251.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 55m / 27.65° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 102.14° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.63° / -5.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -133.24° / 0.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 4.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 98.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.