The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1945
Waning Gibbous
77.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:02 PM
11:34 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.3%
- Age
- 19.6 days
- Distance
- 365,800 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 280
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 | 236.87° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.88° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.32% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -4.8° / 283.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 02m / 7.40° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 30.88° / -4.68° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.98° / 6.41° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.92° / 1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 340.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.