The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1961
Waning Gibbous
96.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:33 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 360,600 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 478
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 | 201.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.45% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -36.6° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 49m / -4.01° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.78° / -2.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.07° / 3.61° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -17.72° / 0.22° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 74.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.