The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1966
Waxing Gibbous
89.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 25°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
6:55 PM
3:15 AM
25°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.9%
- Age
- 11.2 days
- Distance
- 400,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 540
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 | 143.06° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 37.10° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.88% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -72.2° / 39.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 00m / -25.31° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 296.99° / -4.63° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.04° / 6.34° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 41.85° / 1.53° |
| Position angle of the axis | 347.8° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 251.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.