The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, August 27, 2002
Waning Gibbous
80.7% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 55°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:40 PM
11:12 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 80.7%
- Age
- 18.9 days
- Distance
- 405,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 985
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 | 232.08° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 52.05° |
| Illuminated fraction | 80.75% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -8.8° / 286.2° |
| Right ascension / declination | 1h 43m / 6.68° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 26.29° / -3.72° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.89° / 5.22° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -54.11° / 1.56° |
| Position angle of the axis | 339.9° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 72.1° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.