The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 1972
Waning Gibbous
89.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 57°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
10:13 AM
57°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 89.1%
- Age
- 18.4 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 614
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 | 218.29° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 38.48° |
| Illuminated fraction | 89.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -18.3° / 300.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 39m / 9.67° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 12.75° / 5.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.80° / -6.13° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -40.13° / -0.99° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 60.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.