The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1940
Waning Crescent
35.0% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:09 AM
3:46 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 35.0%
- Age
- 23.8 days
- Distance
- 387,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.8′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 218
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 | 287.70° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 107.49° |
| Illuminated fraction | 34.97% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.4° / 259.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 26m / 18.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 81.91° / -4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -7.68° / 6.73° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -114.58° / -0.96° |
| Position angle of the axis | 355.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.