The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1959
Waning Crescent
37.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
1:00 AM
3:31 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 37.6%
- Age
- 23.1 days
- Distance
- 402,900 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 453
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 | 284.55° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 104.35° |
| Illuminated fraction | 37.61% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 37.7° / 261.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 5h 10m / 17.93° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 78.19° / -5.01° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.42° / 6.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -106.16° / -0.81° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 83.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.