The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1970
Waning Crescent
15.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 76°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
2:30 AM
6:14 PM
76°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 15.6%
- Age
- 25.4 days
- Distance
- 402,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Gemini
- Lunation number
- 589
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 | 313.77° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 133.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 15.55% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 66.1° / 240.4° |
| Right ascension / declination | 7h 19m / 25.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 107.74° / 3.76° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.87° / -4.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -128.64° / -0.06° |
| Position angle of the axis | 6.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.