The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1991
Waning Gibbous
94.6% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 52°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:58 PM
9:12 AM
52°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 94.6%
- Age
- 17.6 days
- Distance
- 390,100 km
- Apparent size
- 30.6′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 849
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 | 206.63° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 26.98° |
| Illuminated fraction | 94.56% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -28.8° / 305.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 23h 54m / 4.70° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 0.53° / 4.90° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.93° / -6.00° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -31.74° / -1.14° |
| Position angle of the axis | 337.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 57.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.0 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.