The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1981
Waning Crescent
4.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 68°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:36 AM
7:17 PM
68°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.4%
- Age
- 27.5 days
- Distance
- 378,400 km
- Apparent size
- 31.6′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 725
Events on this date
-
Venus and Jupiter close together
They pass 0.8° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.86° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.78° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.40% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.1° / 180.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 51m / 18.46° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.14° / 0.79° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 4.75° / -0.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -151.14° / 0.90° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 106.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.3 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.