The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1969
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:30 PM
6:56 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 14.4 days
- Distance
- 364,700 km
- Apparent size
- 32.8′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 577
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Penumbral lunar eclipse
The Moon passes through Earth's faint outer shadow and dims slightly. It starts at 6:29 AM, is deepest at 6:47 AM and ends at 7:05 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.10° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.34° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -52.1° / 314.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -10.00° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.30° / -1.26° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 3.52° / 1.98° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 0.88° / 0.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 99.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.