The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1953
Waning Gibbous
88.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:31 PM
10:21 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 88.3%
- Age
- 18.0 days
- Distance
- 361,500 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 379
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 | 219.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 40.01° |
| Illuminated fraction | 88.30% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -17.0° / 299.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 43m / 10.02° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 13.92° / 4.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 2.54° / -5.97° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -36.31° / -0.83° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 61.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.