The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2004
Waxing Gibbous
91.8% 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
7:12 PM
3:30 AM
26°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.8%
- Age
- 11.6 days
- Distance
- 365,200 km
- Apparent size
- 32.7′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1010
Events on this date
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Perigee
The Moon's closest point to Earth on this orbit: 365,100 km.
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Uranus at opposition
Opposite the Sun in the sky: up all night and at its brightest for the year.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 147.04° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 33.23° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.82% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -73.5° / 26.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 20h 21m / -24.71° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 301.75° / -5.07° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 1.41° / 6.86° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 34.27° / 1.33° |
| Position angle of the axis | 346.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 248.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.9 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.