The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2005
Waning Crescent
39.9% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- NE
- Highest
- 77°
- Moonset
- NW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
3:57 PM
77°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 39.9%
- Age
- 22.5 days
- Distance
- 396,700 km
- Apparent size
- 30.1′
- Constellation
- Taurus
- Lunation number
- 1022
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 | 281.83° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 101.64° |
| Illuminated fraction | 39.91% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 40.0° / 273.9° |
| Right ascension / declination | 4h 58m / 27.27° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 76.30° / 4.56° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 5.83° / -5.64° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -95.14° / 1.00° |
| Position angle of the axis | 354.4° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 84.5° |
| Apparent magnitude | -9.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.