The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1954
Waning Crescent
0.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
6:05 AM
7:36 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 0.7%
- Age
- 28.7 days
- Distance
- 389,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 391
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 | 350.96° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 170.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 0.71% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 57.3° / 154.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 44m / 10.09° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 144.81° / -3.36° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.20° / 4.83° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -166.00° / -1.23° |
| Position angle of the axis | 18.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 86.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -4.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.