The Moon on this date
Moon on Sunday, August 27, 2006
Waxing Crescent
12.9% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 40°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
10:30 AM
9:45 PM
40°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 12.9%
- Age
- 3.9 days
- Distance
- 405,200 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Virgo
- Lunation number
- 1035
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 | 41.94° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 137.93° |
| Illuminated fraction | 12.89% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 15.0° / 115.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 12h 57m / -8.10° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 196.19° / -1.87° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -2.22° / 2.75° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 135.00° / 0.60° |
| Position angle of the axis | 21.2° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 295.0° |
| Apparent magnitude | -7.6 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.