The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1934
Waning Gibbous
88.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:30 PM
10:16 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.8%
- Age
- 17.3 days
- Distance
- 371,000 km
- Apparent size
- 32.2′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 144
Events on this date
No Moon or planet events on this date.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 219.03° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 39.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.76% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.9° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 9.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.71° / 4.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.53° / -5.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -32.51° / -0.67° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.