The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1983
Waning Gibbous
85.3% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 51°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:27 PM
10:33 AM
51°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 85.3%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 397,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 750
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 | 224.98° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 45.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 85.33% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -15.8° / 287.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 16m / 3.20° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 18.79° / -4.49° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -6.21° / 6.21° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -50.33° / 1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.