The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1988
Full Moon
99.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 37°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:27 PM
6:57 AM
37°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.9%
- Age
- 15.1 days
- Distance
- 357,100 km
- Apparent size
- 33.5′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 812
Events on this date
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Full Moon
The whole disc is lit. The Moon rises around sunset and stays up all night.
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Partial lunar eclipse
Part of the Moon passes through Earth's dark inner shadow. It starts at 6:07 AM, is deepest at 7:04 AM and ends at 8:01 AM. Partly visible from Columbus: the Moon is below the horizon for some of it.
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 357,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 183.00° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 3.06° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.93% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -51.7° / 315.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 38m / -9.28° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 337.59° / -0.60° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.41° / 1.16° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -2.92° / 0.27° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 89.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.