The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1948
Last Quarter
51.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 72°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:39 PM
72°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 51.3%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 385,800 km
- Apparent size
- 31.0′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 317
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 268.61° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 88.46° |
| Illuminated fraction | 51.34% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 26.8° / 277.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 01m / 22.92° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 62.87° / 2.23° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -8.33° / -2.49° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.95° / 1.38° |
| Position angle of the axis | 349.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 78.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.