The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1949
Waxing Crescent
16.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 39°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:01 AM
10:11 PM
39°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 16.9%
- Age
- 3.5 days
- Distance
- 363,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 330
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 | 48.48° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 131.41° |
| Illuminated fraction | 16.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 9.4° / 111.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 23m / -9.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 202.52° / -0.46° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.67° / 0.95° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 134.19° / 1.07° |
| Position angle of the axis | 20.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 292.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.