The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1938
Waxing Crescent
6.6% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 AM
9:13 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 6.6%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 373,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 194
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 | 29.54° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 150.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 6.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 25.6° / 122.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 06m / -4.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 183.26° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.16° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 156.67° / -1.48° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 300.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.