The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1957
Waxing Crescent
7.3% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 44°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:34 AM
9:20 PM
44°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 7.3%
- Age
- 2.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 429
Events on this date
-
Moon and Jupiter close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Venus gathered
All within 5.3° of each other in the sky.
-
Moon and Venus close together
They pass 3.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 31.09° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 148.70° |
| Illuminated fraction | 7.28% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 24.4° / 121.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 14m / -4.91° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 185.19° / -3.10° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.93° / 4.42° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 152.85° / -1.41° |
| Position angle of the axis | 24.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 299.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.