The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, August 27, 2007
Waxing Gibbous
99.2% illuminated · waxing
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 32°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
7:56 PM
5:45 AM
32°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 99.2%
- Age
- 14.7 days
- Distance
- 371,600 km
- Apparent size
- 32.1′
- Constellation
- Capricornus
- Lunation number
- 1047
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 1.3° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 169.75° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 10.29° |
| Illuminated fraction | 99.20% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -62.2° / 330.1° |
| Right ascension / declination | 21h 46m / -14.75° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 323.77° / -1.22° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.02° / 1.94° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | 5.46° / 0.12° |
| Position angle of the axis | 342.1° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 242.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -12.5 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.