The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 1996
Waxing Gibbous
98.1% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 36°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:21 PM
5:31 AM
36°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 98.1%
- Age
- 13.4 days
- Distance
- 358,800 km
- Apparent size
- 33.3′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 911
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 358,800 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 164.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 15.69° |
| Illuminated fraction | 98.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -60.8° / 345.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 22m / -11.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 319.41° / 3.92° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.28° / -4.66° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 15.66° / -0.87° |
| Position angle of the axis | 341.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 264.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.