The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1943
Waning Crescent
8.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:52 AM
6:32 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 8.8%
- Age
- 26.5 days
- Distance
- 405,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 255
Events on this date
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Mercury and Neptune close together
They pass 3.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 325.60° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 145.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 8.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.5° / 207.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 04m / 18.84° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 119.11° / -1.53° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.01° / 2.30° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -143.50° / 0.51° |
| Position angle of the axis | 13.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.