The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1965
Waxing Crescent
1.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 59°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:41 AM
9:11 PM
59°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 1.4%
- Age
- 0.9 days
- Distance
- 362,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Leo
- Lunation number
- 528
Events on this date
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Moon and Uranus close together
They pass 4.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 12.39° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 166.63° |
| Illuminated fraction | 1.35% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 44.9° / 122.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 11h 18m / 9.89° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 166.55° / 4.97° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.61° / -6.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 171.52° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 22.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 273.8° |
| Apparent magnitude | -5.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.