The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1936
Waxing Gibbous
73.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:52 PM
1:26 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 73.3%
- Age
- 10.5 days
- Distance
- 388,900 km
- Apparent size
- 30.7′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 169
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 | 117.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 62.24° |
| Illuminated fraction | 73.29% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.3° / 76.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 08m / -23.41° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 271.81° / 0.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.94° / 0.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 55.81° / -1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 268.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.