The Moon on this date
Moon on Saturday, August 27, 2011
Waning Crescent
3.1% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 62°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
5:08 AM
7:04 PM
62°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 3.1%
- Age
- 27.9 days
- Distance
- 368,400 km
- Apparent size
- 32.4′
- Constellation
- Cancer
- Lunation number
- 1096
Events on this date
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Moon and Mercury close together
They pass 2.4° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Aug 27, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 340.02° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 159.59° |
| Illuminated fraction | 3.14% |
| Altitude / azimuth | 62.2° / 174.0° |
| Right ascension / declination | 9h 01m / 12.73° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 134.08° / -4.04° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -5.09° / 5.70° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -165.17° / -1.45° |
| Position angle of the axis | 15.6° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 94.3° |
| Apparent magnitude | -6.1 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.