The Moon on this date
Moon on Thursday, August 27, 1998
Waxing Crescent
26.7% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
12:02 PM
11:14 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 26.7%
- Age
- 5.6 days
- Distance
- 405,000 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Libra
- Lunation number
- 936
Events on this date
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Apogee
The Moon's farthest point from Earth on this orbit: 405,100 km.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 62.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 117.74° |
| Illuminated fraction | 26.73% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -0.6° / 101.5° |
| Right ascension / declination | 14h 22m / -9.07° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 216.21° / 4.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -0.72° / -5.90° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 116.33° / 0.08° |
| Position angle of the axis | 19.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 286.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -8.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.