The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1951
Waning Crescent
21.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 78°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:45 AM
5:46 PM
78°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 21.2%
- Age
- 24.7 days
- Distance
- 404,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 354
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.1° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 305.45° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.20° |
| Illuminated fraction | 21.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 60.6° / 254.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 6h 41m / 27.74° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 99.03° / 4.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.22° / -5.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -124.83° / 0.18° |
| Position angle of the axis | 3.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 96.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.