The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1980
Waning Gibbous
96.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 43°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
9:26 PM
8:29 AM
43°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 96.6%
- Age
- 16.9 days
- Distance
- 360,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.1′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 713
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 360,900 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 201.01° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 21.17° |
| Illuminated fraction | 96.62% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -37.3° / 299.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 48m / -4.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 355.53° / -3.05° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.36° / 4.26° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -21.52° / 0.40° |
| Position angle of the axis | 335.3° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 75.6° |
| 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.