The Moon on this date
Moon on Wednesday, August 27, 1986
Last Quarter
47.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- –
- Highest
- 74°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
3:09 PM
74°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 47.2%
- Age
- 21.9 days
- Distance
- 403,800 km
- Apparent size
- 29.6′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 787
Events on this date
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Last Quarter
Half of the disc is lit. The Moon rises around midnight and is up through the morning.
-
Venus at greatest elongation
46° from the Sun in the evening sky, its best showing after sunset.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 273.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 93.18° |
| Illuminated fraction | 47.23% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 31.7° / 277.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 20m / 25.17° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 67.43° / 3.66° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.07° / -4.46° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -91.32° / 1.17° |
| Position angle of the axis | 351.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 80.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.