The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 1979
Waxing Crescent
20.8% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 42°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:22 AM
10:50 PM
42°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 20.8%
- Age
- 5.0 days
- Distance
- 399,400 km
- Apparent size
- 29.9′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 701
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 | 54.07° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 125.71° |
| Illuminated fraction | 20.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 6.1° / 105.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 13h 49m / -6.95° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 207.86° / 4.03° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.89° / -4.89° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 120.14° / -0.16° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 288.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.