The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1974
Waxing Gibbous
77.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
5:09 PM
2:04 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.9%
- Age
- 9.9 days
- Distance
- 403,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 639
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 | 123.84° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.92% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -55.9° / 67.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 18h 34m / -21.36° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 277.84° / 1.86° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.74° / -2.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 60.45° / -1.54° |
| Position angle of the axis | 357.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 267.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.