The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 1999
Waning Gibbous
99.4% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 38°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:53 PM
7:24 AM
38°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.4%
- Age
- 16.2 days
- Distance
- 380,500 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Aquarius
- Lunation number
- 948
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 | 188.37° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 8.73° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.42% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -48.4° / 308.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 22h 59m / -9.32° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 342.31° / -2.58° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.42° / 3.63° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -13.15° / 0.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 87.6° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.