The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1975
Waning Gibbous
72.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 64°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:52 PM
12:24 PM
64°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 72.1%
- Age
- 20.2 days
- Distance
- 400,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.8′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 651
Events on this date
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Venus at inferior conjunction
Passes between Earth and the Sun and is lost in its glare.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 243.85° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 63.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 72.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 3.6° / 286.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 19m / 15.51° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 37.62° / 1.54° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.01° / -1.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -68.92° / -1.55° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 70.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.