The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2001
Waxing Gibbous
68.4% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 26°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
4:22 PM
1:09 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 68.4%
- Age
- 8.5 days
- Distance
- 395,200 km
- Apparent size
- 30.2′
- Constellation
- Sagittarius
- Lunation number
- 973
Events on this date
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Moon and Mars close together
They pass 4.6° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 111.43° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 68.43° |
| Illuminated fraction | 68.38% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -46.8° / 81.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 17h 42m / -22.60° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 265.88° / 0.78° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 7.38° / -0.59° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 75.26° / 1.37° |
| Position angle of the axis | 0.0° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 271.7° |
| Apparent magnitude | -10.8 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.