The Moon on this date
Moon on Friday, August 27, 2010
Waning Gibbous
92.1% 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
9:09 PM
9:43 AM
55°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 92.1%
- Age
- 17.5 days
- Distance
- 404,300 km
- Apparent size
- 29.5′
- Constellation
- Pisces
- Lunation number
- 1084
Events on this date
-
Jupiter, Moon, and Uranus gathered
All within 6.6° of each other in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 212.27° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 32.55° |
| Illuminated fraction | 92.15% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -23.6° / 302.7° |
| Right ascension / declination | 0h 16m / 7.26° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 6.56° / 5.08° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.06° / -6.29° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -35.51° / -1.30° |
| Position angle of the axis | 336.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 58.9° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.