The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1955
Waxing Gibbous
71.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 27°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:37 PM
1:18 AM
27°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 71.2%
- Age
- 9.8 days
- Distance
- 403,500 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 404
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 | 114.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 64.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 71.19% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -49.9° / 78.6° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 54m / -23.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 268.55° / 0.41° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.22° / -0.25° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 64.22° / -1.47° |
| Position angle of the axis | 2.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 270.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.