The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1935
Waning Crescent
1.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:32 AM
7:24 PM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.8%
- Age
- 28.3 days
- Distance
- 404,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 156
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 | 345.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 164.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 61.7° / 162.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 21m / 13.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 138.45° / -2.34° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.95° / 3.48° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -162.17° / -1.09° |
| Position angle of the axis | 16.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 97.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.