The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1944
Waxing Gibbous
57.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 30°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
3:08 PM
12:29 AM
30°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 57.1%
- Age
- 8.8 days
- Distance
- 386,800 km
- Apparent size
- 30.9′
- Constellation
- Ophiuchus
- Lunation number
- 268
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 | 98.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 81.81° |
| Illuminated fraction | 57.12% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -33.9° / 86.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 45m / -18.64° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 252.30° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.59° / -4.36° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 74.43° / 0.93° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 277.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.