The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2000
Waning Crescent
4.5% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 69°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
4:32 AM
7:20 PM
69°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 4.5%
- Age
- 27.6 days
- Distance
- 361,900 km
- Apparent size
- 33.0′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 960
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 361,900 km.
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 0.9° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 335.64° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 155.54° |
| Illuminated fraction | 4.49% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 68.7° / 180.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 8h 53m / 19.05° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 130.31° / 1.45° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 0.72° / -1.58° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -154.94° / 1.03° |
| Position angle of the axis | 17.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 108.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.4 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.