The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 1994
Waning Gibbous
65.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 66°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
11:24 PM
1:07 PM
66°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 65.2%
- Age
- 20.3 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 886
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 404,300 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 252.51° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 72.36° |
| Illuminated fraction | 65.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 11.1° / 282.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 57m / 16.90° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 46.66° / 0.09° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -1.17° / 0.17° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -72.70° / -1.50° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 73.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.