The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1977
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:19 PM
5:34 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 12.8 days
- Distance
- 373,100 km
- Apparent size
- 32.0′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 676
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 | 164.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.72° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.13% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.6° / 345.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 21m / -10.99° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.09° / 4.32° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.18° / -5.18° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 19.49° / -1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 266.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.